1 International migration and development in South Asia: an introduction
MD MIZANUR RAHMAN AND TAN TAI YONG
2 Innovative incorporation: diasporic representation and political rights in India 22
CONSTANTINO XAVIER
3 The diaspora meets the development industry: engaging Norwegian-Pakistanis in development back home 44
MARTA BIVAND ERDAL
4 British-Bangladeshi immigrants and the local political landscape in Bangladesh 61
KAZI NURMOHAMMAD HOSSAINUL HAQUE AND SANJAY KRISHNO BISWAS
5 Indian professional immigrants and the healthcare sector in India 84
RAKESH RANJAN
6 A troublesome home? Transnational properties and its discontents in Indian Punjab 101
V.J. VARGHESE AND VIVEK THAKUR
7 Bangladeshi migration to Southern Europe: implications on migrant families 118
MD MIZANUR RAHMAN AND MOHAMMAD ALAMGIR KABIR
8 Indian migration to the Gulf and development challenges in India 134
AJAYA KUMAR SAHOO
9 International migration and economic changes in South Asia: the emergence of the
middle class 152
SHAHID JAVED BURK
10 Punjabi immigrants and rural development in the Doaba region of Indian Punjab 169
JASWINDER SINGH BRAR
11 International migration and development: prospects and challenges for Nepal 184
THAKUR SUBEDI
12 Pakistani migration to the Gulf and development in the Miranzai valley in Pakistan 203
SYED MINHAJ UL HASSAN
13 The other side of the migration and development nexus: human trafficking in Sri Lanka 218
KOPALAPILLAI AMIRTHALINGAM, DANESH JAYATILAKA AND RAJITH W.D. LAKSHMAN
