3 Eylül 2012 Pazartesi

On dual citizenship

More and more countries are allowing double citizenship, that is, they accept that their native citizens take another nationality. Why this? Isn't there the risk of loss of allegiance to the homeland? Or are they afraid of losing some of their citizens for good? It is certain that once your nationality becomes less valuable (say, by observing the value of the passport on the black market), it becomes difficult to avoid native citizens dropping the passport for another one.

Djoulassi Oloufade and Roland Pongou point out that there is another good reason to allow double citizenship: it creates a diaspora that still keeps an attachment to the homeland and may help it in some ways, for example through remittances, international trade, return migration or even foreign direct investment. Oloufade and Pongou use the timing of double citizenship recognition to analyze its impact and find that both developed and developing countries win, in the latter case by more than what could be achieved by stabilizing government or avoiding civil strife. Allowing double citizenship is a simple and efficient way to promote growth.

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3 Eylül 2012 Pazartesi

On dual citizenship

More and more countries are allowing double citizenship, that is, they accept that their native citizens take another nationality. Why this? Isn't there the risk of loss of allegiance to the homeland? Or are they afraid of losing some of their citizens for good? It is certain that once your nationality becomes less valuable (say, by observing the value of the passport on the black market), it becomes difficult to avoid native citizens dropping the passport for another one.

Djoulassi Oloufade and Roland Pongou point out that there is another good reason to allow double citizenship: it creates a diaspora that still keeps an attachment to the homeland and may help it in some ways, for example through remittances, international trade, return migration or even foreign direct investment. Oloufade and Pongou use the timing of double citizenship recognition to analyze its impact and find that both developed and developing countries win, in the latter case by more than what could be achieved by stabilizing government or avoiding civil strife. Allowing double citizenship is a simple and efficient way to promote growth.

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