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International migration affects the majority of Filipino families and communities. While the Philippines is far ahead of many other migrant-sending countries in the development of initiatives to engage with its diaspora, a great deal more remains to be done. Even with the plethora of initiatives in the past three decades discussed in this chapter, it is evident that programmes for diaspora engagement are running far ahead of our ability to distil our knowledge of the phenomenon and translate this into a concrete policy framework for deliberate, systematic and coherent diaspora engagement. To systematically engage the Filipino diaspora in national and local development, greater institutionalization of these various initiatives needs to happen at all levels of government. Greater policy coherence and effective coordination especially among relevant government agencies is needed, as is the generation and harmonization of data among the agencies in relation to Filipino diaspora communities all over the world.
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Nicolas, I.M. (2016). Engaging the Global Filipino Diaspora: Achieving Inclusive Growth. In: Chikanda, A., Crush, J., Walton-Roberts, M. (eds) Diasporas, Development and Governance. Global Migration Issues, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22165-6_3
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