In this paper we highlight a new complementary channel to the business and social network effect à la Rauch (2001) through which immigrants generate increased export flows from the regions in which they settle to their countries of origin: they can become entrepreneurs. Using very small-scale...

This study investigates the activities of small and medium entrepreneurs in the manufacturing sector in South and Southeast Asia, to examine their actual and potential contribution to social and economic development in their countries. The factors that encourage or hinder this contribution are...