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Mainstreaming diaspora for development with capacity building and expert deployment

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Diaspora voting abroad and diaspora representatives to the National Assembly

Cape Verde

Africa-West

1992

Cabo Verdeans living abroad have had the right to vote in presidential as well as legislative elections since 1992. A weighting system was implemented in order to avoid compromising national independence as more Cape Verdeans live abroad than in the national territory. There are six members of parliament to represent Cabo Verdean citizens abroad: two each from the Americas, the rest of Africa and Europe.