In this review, I examine the meaning, place, and role of remittances for migrants (movers)
and for their sending households and communities. I define remittances as more than …

The most up-to-date analysis of today's immigration issues As the authors state in Chapter
1,“the movement of people across national borders represents one of the most vivid dramas …

The sheer volume of migrant remittances to relatively poor countries, including those of Latin
America and the Caribbean, nicely dramatizes the genuinely transnational social ties …

Over the last decade, a new phenomenon has emerged within the international community:
the Global Remittances Trend (GRT). Thereby, government institutions, international …

This paper contributes to the discussions on the nexus between migration and development
by assessing the effects of remittances on human development. We do so first through a …

The implementation of neoliberal economic reforms with its resultant effects on rural
agricultural economies has facilitated the migration of young girls from northern to southern …

International remittances are the income that workers manage to send home. This article
examines these flows in relation to an emerging geography of financialisation. It is possible …

In Vietnam, international remittances from the Vietnamese diaspora are quantitatively
significant and contribute important economic inputs. Yet beyond capital transfer, these …

Migrant remittances have received unprecedented attention over the past decade and
scholars have interpreted remittance flows from a range of vantage points. In this article, we …

The 'dual system'thesis has been used to describe the continuing commitment of urban
migrants to the village in various African countries. According to literature, urban workers …