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Remittance is the most beneficial private transaction in the global economy. The South Asian region accounts for about one fourth of the global remittance flows destined for developing countries, contributing to over ten percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of South Asia. This significant amount of remittance has enormous potential for development in the region. The volume, essentially a South Asian viewpoint, provides theoretical treatments of remittance and how its development potential is translated into reality. The authors meticulously delve into the diverse mechanisms through which migrant communities remit, investigating how recipients engage in the development process in South Asia.About the authorsMd Mizanur Rahman is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore, Singapore. His recent co-edited books include Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia and Asian Migration Policy: South, East and Southeast Asia. His research articles have appeared in international journals such as International Migration, Population, Space and Place, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Asia and Pacific Migration Journal, Asian Population Studies and Asian Ethnicity.Tan Tai Yong is Professor of History and Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore, Singapore. He has written extensively on South Asian history as well as on Southeast Asia and Singapore. His recent books include Partition and Post-Colonial South Asia: A Reader (co-edited with Gyanesh Kudaisya, 2007), The Garrison State: Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab, 1849–1947 (2005), The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia (with Gyanesh Kudaisya, 2002).AKM Ahsan Ullah is Associate Director at the Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies and Assistant Professor of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. With over 20 years of experience in teaching and research, he has published on migration, refugee and development studies. He taught and conducted research at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, the City University of Hong Kong, the Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Germany, Saint Mary’s University and McMaster University, and the University of Ottawa, Canada.