Transfers of diaspora human, social and cultural capitals are transfers of skills, knowledge, social and cultural experiences both to countries of origin or descent and of current residence. [...] Source: OECD, 2023 Figure 5: Identification of obstacles for a stronger engagement of the South American diaspora in the development of their countries of origin or descent » More than half of the stakeholders interviewed by IOM in South America indicated that scientific and technological cooperation is one of the most significant contributions of their fellow citizens abroad. [...] In addition, 57 per cent of respondents said that diasporas members contribute to promote the image of their countries of origin in the world, showing the importance of diaspora cultural capital. [...] In line with its overarching framework of engaging on data for action, for insight and foresight, the IOM Global Data Institute (GDI) will continue working on improving availability, comprehensiveness and policy relevance of data on diasporas and their contributions worldwide in close collaboration with relevant UN agencies and other partners. [...] 4) In collaboration with the UN system and other partners, contributing to improve estimates of remittances and other forms of migrant economic contributions, for example by consolidating evidence on informality of remittances within specific corridors, remittance utilization behaviour and other insights on the basis of migrant surveys conducted across the world, as well as conducting multi-sector.
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