ДИЈАСПОРА КАО ЕКОНОМСКИ И СОЦИЈАЛНИ КАПИТАЛ СРБИЈЕ
DIASPORA AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CAPITAL OF SERBIA

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the contemporary phenomenon of diaspora in the context of past and contemporary international migrations. This topic turns attention for many reasons. First and foremost, the Serbian diaspora is one of the most numerous on the globe, because Serbia has been one of the most prominent countries of origin. Estimates say that the total number of Serbian diaspora is around 3,5 – 4 million, which makes almost half of the population of the Republic of Serbia (without Kosovo and Metohija). Secondly, economic capital in the face of remittances stemming from Serbian citizens living abroad to homeland is also one of the greatest in the world with the tendency of further increase. According to the records of World Bank from 2007 they peaked to 4,9 billion US dollars, which is no less than 2,5 times higher in comparison to direct foreign investments in Serbia.

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