The Potential of Diaspora System-Building Investments in Homeland

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Lusine TANAJYAN Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4939-0869
Arman ANDRIKYAN Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2787-3314
Sona NERSISYAN Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0255-8724
Ruben KARAPETYAN Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v28i4.1045

Keywords:

diaspora, homeland, investments, economy, network, ethnicity, capital

Abstract

The problem of Diaspora investments is of great importance in research and policy development circles, but this demand does not strengthen by comprehensive research on the problems that have arisen. In these spheres, we need to emphasize attention to the problems of targeted investments in the home state and its system-building potential.

This paper discusses the opportunities and limitations that form the framework for investments from the Diaspora to Armenia. The work aims to understand whether the investments from Diaspora could have system-building potential and how it impacts the homeland. In this connection, such questions are asked as to what motivates these investments to be made, within the framework of what policy, where, and how are the investments incorporated and what future effects they have.

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2023-12-25

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TANAJYAN, L., ANDRIKYAN, A., NERSISYAN, S., & KARAPETYAN, R. (2023). The Potential of Diaspora System-Building Investments in Homeland. WISDOM, 28(4), 26–36. https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v28i4.1045

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Vol. 28 No. 4 (2023): 4-2023

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