Academic Literature - Remittances

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Remittances

Relationship between remittances and migration, economic, social, and cultural impact, communication and contact practices involved, their use and benefits, transfer methods.

• Globalization and Migration: The impact of family remittances in Latin America
  By: Manuel Orozco
  Lenguage: English
  
  Taking as its point of departure the relationship between migration and globalization, this article highlights the salience of remittances in the national economies of Latin America, especially Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. It looks at the various actors that participate in the transfer of remittances and suggest that incorporating migrant labor dynamics as a category of economic integration will reveal a distinct landscape in the economies of Latin America.
• Migrant Remittances to Latin America: Reviewing the Literature
  By: Deborah Waller Meyers
  Lenguage: English
  
  In the Fall of 1997, the Inter-American Dialogue and the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) initiated a project examining the potential contribution of remittances to economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean—as well as to the economic and social well being of Latino communities in the United States. This paper is the project's first product. Deborah Waller Meyers reviews the research on the demographics of Latin American immigrants (including residential patterns, household characteristics, income and education); the relevant literature on the sources, uses, and impact of remittances on receiving countries; and numerous ideas and proposals for increasing the developmental significance of remittances both for Latino immigrants and their communities of origin. She concludes by noting that "there is little doubt that this topic interests many, that it has potential for further study, and that remittances can (and do) make important contributions to the development of certain countries." Yet, despite the interest, remittances "have not received the sustained attention required, either by governments, international financial institutions, local communities, or by the private sector."

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