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We understand very little about the billions of dollars that flow throughout the world from migrants back to their home countries. In this rigorous and illuminating work, Matt Bakker, an economic sociologist, examines how these migrant remittances—the resources of some of the world’s least affluent...

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Έκδοση: University of California Press 2016
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.5
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-328602021-11-08T09:21:53Z Migrating into Financial Markets: How Remittances Became a Development Tool Bakker, Matt international policy economic development sustainable development emigrant remittances migration Directo a México Financial institution Mexico Neoliberalism North America United States bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCL International economics bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics & emerging economies bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCS Economic systems & structures We understand very little about the billions of dollars that flow throughout the world from migrants back to their home countries. In this rigorous and illuminating work, Matt Bakker, an economic sociologist, examines how these migrant remittances—the resources of some of the world’s least affluent people—have come to be seen in recent years as a fundamental contributor to development in the migrant‑sending states of the global south. This book analyzes how the connection between remittances and development was forged through the concrete political and intellectual practices of policy entrepreneurs within a variety of institutional settings, from national government agencies and international development organizations to nongovernmental policy foundations and think tanks. 2016-02-12 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:21:05Z 2020-04-01T14:21:05Z 2015 book 602280 OCN: 927153526 9780520960930 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32860 eng application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 602280.pdf https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.5 University of California Press 10.1525/luminos.5 10.1525/luminos.5 72f3a53e-04bb-4d73-b921-22a29d903b3b 9780520960930 295 Oakland, California open access
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