The role of urban‐to‐rural remittances in rural development

Rempel, Henry; Lobdell, Richard A.

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“…In their survey of the literature on migrants' remittances, Rempel and Lobdell (1978) conclude, "Remittances should be seen as reflecting primarily the self-interest of the migrant" (p. 336). They suggest that remittances might aptly be interpreted as repayments for assistance with migration or as insurance premiums against shortfalls in income.…”

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“…About half of a sample of Filipino households received private cash transfers. Rempel and Lobdell (1978) surveyed economic and anthropological studies of urban-to-rural remittances covering countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America and found significant private transfers in virtually all instances. Remittances accounted for notable fractions of income in Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Tanzania.…”

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ACHIEVING SOCIAL OBJECTIVES THROUGH PRIVATE TRANSFERS: A Review

Cox¹,

Jiménez²

1990

World Bank Res Obs

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ACHIEVING SOCIAL OBJECTIVES THROUGH PRIVATE TRANSFERS: A Review

Cox¹,

Jiménez²

1990

World Bank Res Obs

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“…Estimates indicate that international remittances to developing countries have reached US$240 billion annually in 2007, becoming the second largest source of external finance for these countries after foreign direct investment (Ratha and Xu 2008). Remittance flows relax budget and credit constraints of origin households, and create investment opportunities in origin communities (Durand et al 1996a;Durand, Parrado and Massey 1996b;Rapoport and Docquier 2006;Rempel and Lobdell 1978;Stark and Levhari 1982;Taylor 1999). These flows also provide a potential pathway for income redistribution to the most deprived regions of the world (Jones 1998).…”

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Repeat Migration and Remittances as Mechanisms for Wealth Inequality in 119 Communities From the Mexican Migration Project Data

Garip

2012

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To evaluate the distributional impact of remittances in origin communities, prior research studied how migrants' selectivity by wealth varies with migration prevalence in the community or prior migration experience of the individual. This study considers both patterns, and examines selectivity separately in low and high prevalence communities and for first-time and repeat migrants. Based on data from 18,042 household heads in 119 Mexican communities from the Mexican Migration Project, the analyses show that (i) first-time migrants in low prevalence communities come from poor households, while repeat migrants in high prevalence communities belong to wealthy households, and (ii) higher amounts of remittances reach wealthy households.These results suggest that repeat migration and remittances may be mechanisms for wealth accumulation in the study communities. Descriptive analyses associate these mechanisms with increasing wealth disparities between households with and without migrants, especially in high prevalence communities. The study, similar to prior findings, shows the importance of repeat migration trips, which, given sustained remittances, may amplify the wealth gap between migrants and non-migrants in migrant-sending communities. The study also qualifies prior findings by differentiating between low and high prevalence communities and observing a growing wealth gap only in the latter.

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“…Despite the recent popularity of research on remittances, it is also important to note that scholarly discussions of the role of migrant remittances in development are not new (particularly in terms of domestic remittances; see e.g. Rempel and Lobdell 1978;Stark 1980). 2.…”

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Migrant remittances and household development: an anthropological analysis

Eversole

Johnson

2014

Development Studies Research

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Over the past decade, influxes of remittances from overseas workers, mostly sent to families back home, have begun to attract policy and scholarly attention for their potential development impacts. This article seeks to answer the question: What is the development impact of these remittances for the households that receive them with reference to field data from remittancereceiving households in the Philippines. Recognising that different 'development logics' inform different understandings of development, this article analyses field data on migrant remittances with reference to three common sets of development logics: economic development, social development and sustainable livelihoods. It then dialogues and extends these findings with qualitative data on the way remittance-receiving households themselves understand the role of migrant remittances. An anthropological approach brings these different logics into dialogue, illustrating the complexity of households' quest for economic, social and livelihood outcomes, and the need to understand the contexts that influence their ability to meet their development goals at home and abroad.

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The role of urban‐to‐rural remittances in rural development

Cited by 176 publications

References 4 publications

ACHIEVING SOCIAL OBJECTIVES THROUGH PRIVATE TRANSFERS: A Review

ACHIEVING SOCIAL OBJECTIVES THROUGH PRIVATE TRANSFERS: A Review

Repeat Migration and Remittances as Mechanisms for Wealth Inequality in 119 Communities From the Mexican Migration Project Data

Migrant remittances and household development: an anthropological analysis

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