Cuba's Unique Remittance Landscape: A Comparative Perspective

González-Corzo, Mario A.; Larson, Scott

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“…Traveling to Cuba and making telephone calls from the United States have been historically more expensive than traveling to and calling other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The high cost of sending remittances to Cuba, compared to other countries in the Western Hemisphere, is primarily due to the unique characteristics of Cuba's remittances markets (González-Corzo & Larson, 2007), and efforts by both Cuba and the United States to influence the amount, frequency, and nature of remittances during different stages of more than five decades of political confrontation (Barberia, 2002). Similarly, travel and telephone calls to the island have been restricted by both U.S. and Cuban regulations, many of which have remained in effect since the early 1960s.…”

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The Bronx Today: A Comparative Socioeconomic Profile

González-Corzo

Gargalas

2012

Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies

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This paper presents a detailed analysis of the principal socioeconomic characteristics of the population of the Bronx at the end of 2009, and compares them with the socioeconomic characteristics of the populations of the State of New York and the (rest of the) United States. The paper is divided into four (4) sections: (1) demographic characteristics, (2) social characteristics, (3) housing characteristics, and (4) economic characteristics.

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The Bronx Today: A Comparative Socioeconomic Profile

González-Corzo

Gargalas

2012

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Material and cultural consumption in Cuba: new reference groups in the new millennium

Scarpaci¹

2014

Journal of Cultural Geography

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Remittances and morality: family obligations, development, and the ethical demands of migration

Simoni

Voirol

2020

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Remittances have moral dimensions that, albeit implicitly addressed in migration literature, have not yet been the focus of explicit attention and analysis by social scientists. Building on recent developments in the anthropology of ethics and morality, this article proposes theoretical and analytical pathways to address this important but often neglected aspect of remittances. It does so mainly via a critical analysis of existing scholarship on remittances, and ethnographic data drawn from research among Cuban migrants in Cuba and Spain. The reflexive scrutiny of scholars' moral assumptions about remittances opens the way for the study of the moral dilemmas and ethical demands articulated by remittance senders and recipients. Family roles and obligations, and the uses of the money sent by migrants, are identified as key areas of moral difficulty. Their analysis shows how remittances inform moral reassessments of family relations, individual responsibility, economic practice, and development. The notion of 'moral remittances' is proposed as a heuristic comparative tool that serves to illuminate the moral aspects of remittances. This notion is put into perspective to complement and reconsider more metaphorical takes on remittances, notably the concept of 'social remittances', of which it helps reveal some epistemological limitations while opening future research avenues.

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Cuba's Unique Remittance Landscape: A Comparative Perspective

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

The Bronx Today: A Comparative Socioeconomic Profile

The Bronx Today: A Comparative Socioeconomic Profile

Material and cultural consumption in Cuba: new reference groups in the new millennium

Remittances and morality: family obligations, development, and the ethical demands of migration

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