Sending money home : Hispanic remittances and community development / edited by Rodolfo O. de la Garza and Briant Lindsay Lowell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De la Garza, Rodolfo O.

Lowell, Briant Lindsay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigrant remittances--Latin America.

Emigrant remittances.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

ix, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

The flow of money southward from the United States has evolved from a stream flowing from families through informal networks to a major river with new tributaries fed by transnational migrant organizations, channeled through an increasingly formal marketplace, and attracting the involvement of home country governments. This volume tracks the evolution of the flow of money 'home, ' offering new data to enhance the picture and understanding of this important economic phenomenon

Contents:

Part I The Developmental Role of Remittances in U.S. Latino Communities and Latin American Countries

1 A New Phase in the Story of Remittances / Briant Lindsay Lowell, Rodolfo O. de la Garza 3

2 Binational Impact of Latino Remittances / Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Manuel Orozco 29

3 Migrant Remittances to Latin America: Reviewing the Literature / Deborah Waller Meyers 53

Part II The Role of Hometown Associations

4 Latino Hometown Associations as Agents of Development in Latin America / Manuel Orozco 85

5 The Development of the Hometown Associations in the United States and the Use of Social Remittances in Mexico / Rafael Alarcon 101

6 Remittances and Markets: New Players and Practices / Manuel Orozco 125

Part III The Economics of Sending Remittances

7 Sending Money Home ... for Now: Remittances and Immigrant Adaptation in the United States / Louis DeSipio 157

8 Do Government Programs "Crowd In" Remittances? / J. Edward Taylor 189

Part IV Opportunities and Constraints on the Future of Remittance Flows.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

074251885X

0742518868

OCLC:

48851203