Sending Money Home Hispanic Remittances and Community Development

by de la Garza, Rodolfo O.; Lowell, Briant Lindsay; Alarcón, Rafael; DeSipio, Louis; Meyers, Deborah Waller; Orozco, Manuel; Taylor, J. Edward

• ISBN13: 9780742518865
• ISBN10: 0742518868
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Part I The Developmental Role of Remittances in U.S. Latino Communities and Latin American Countries
A New Phase in the Story of Remittances	3	(26)
Briant Lindsay Lowell
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Binational Impact of Latino Remittances	29	(24)
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Manuel Orozco
Migrant Remittances to Latin America: Reviewing the Literature	53	(32)
Deborah Waller Meyers
Part II The Role of Hometown Associations
Latino Hometown Associations as Agents of Development in Latin America	85	(16)
Manuel Orozco
The Development of the Hometown Associations in the United States and the Use of Social Remittances in Mexico	101	(24)
Rafael Alarcon
Remittances and Markets: New Players and Practices	125	(32)
Manuel Orozco
Part III The Economics of Sending Remittances
Sending Money Home...for Now: Remittances and Immigrant Adaptation in the United States	157	(32)
Louis DeSipio
Do Government Programs ``Crowd In'' Remittances?	189	(26)
J. Edward Taylor
Part IV Opportunities and Constraints on the Future of Remittance Flows
Conclusion	215	(8)
Briant Lindsay Lowell
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Index	223	(10)
About the Contributors	233