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March 2013

Foresight Engine Game Analysis:

25 Zones of Future Innovation

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Contact: Tessa Finlev, [email protected]


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The connections between members of a

diaspora and their homeland are often

strong, and represent a source of

exchange, innovation, and learning.

While diaspora remittances have long made

up an immense proportion of local GDP in

many low and middle-income countries—

setting a new record of around $534 billion in

2012 according to the World Bank—there is a

great need to make this exchange of money

efficient and to harness the wider capabilities

of the diaspora. Using diaspora connections in

a more systematic way could have an outsized

catalytic effect on vulnerable communities.

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Providing better platforms for people in the diaspora to mentor individuals

or even crowdfund larger infrastructure projects back home were but two

ways players suggested we could increase the potential of diaspora communities.

There was also discussion of incentivizing professional individuals in the diaspora

to return home in order to temporarily provide much needed services, like mental

health care, to counteract brain-drain losses.

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#Kenyans in diaspora. Tap from Kenyans in the diaspora. Some of them have formed investment clubs and are investing in Kenya.*

Kenya**

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*Cards have been lightly edited for readability.**Player location was self selected.


USA

Diaspora bonds can tap into wealth abroad and give it back to communities in need, e.g. for infrastructure investments benefitting the poor.


# Kenyans in diaspora. Tap from Kenyans in the diaspora. Some of them have formed investment clubs and are investing in Kenya.

Kenya



Create a World Mobile Banking forum (a la Davos) to make mobile banking systems interoperable and reduce transaction costs for remittances!

Singapore


Kenya


USA



Create online diaspora networks for mentoring youth back in the home country.

USA


Kenya


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Singapore



Yes. I think countries who mobilise their Diaspora stand to benefit immensely. I read of Cape Verde & Eritrea in Africa.

Sweden


Kenya


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Singapore


USA



Create incentives for mental health workers to do internships in poor regions. Untreated MH conditions lead to disability/poverty

USA


Kenya


USA


Sweden


Singapore


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Kenya


USA


Sweden


Singapore


USA

Create incentives for mental health workers to do internships in poor regions. Untreated MH conditions lead to disability/poverty

USA


Signals from the Present

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The International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA) promotes and supports diaspora-centered initiatives in entrepreneurship, volunteerism, philanthropy, diplomacy, and social innovation from around the world.

Chile Global

Chile Global is a network for Chileans living abroad. Their main aim is to transform Chile into a knowledge economy, and they do so by facilitating collaboration between highly skilled Chileans in the diaspora with people in their home country.

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International diaspora Engagement Alliance

Image Source: www.chileglobal.net/es Image Source: www.diasporaalliance.org

http://www.chileglobal.net/es

http://diasporaalliance.org/


http://www.chileglobal.net/es



OneVietnam was started by people in the Vietnamese diaspora to make philanthropic

endeavors in their homeland more efficient. The site allows members to donate directly to projects they care about, and to track the

resulting progress. They plan to scale up their model and build similar networks for all

countries.

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OneVietnam

Image Source: www,onevietnam.org

http://onevietnam.org/

http://onevietnam.org/

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B© 2013 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

March 2013

Foresight Engine Game Analysis:

25 Zones of Future Innovation


A project by Institute for the Future and The Rockefeller Foundationwww.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/catalysts-for-change/catalysts-zones-of-innovation

Contact: Tessa Finlev, [email protected]

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