Sending money home : Hispanic remittances and community development / edited by Rodolfo O. de la Garza and Briant Lindsay Lowell.

Other author De la Garza, Rodolfo O.
Other author Lowell, Briant Lindsay.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2002.
Descriptionix, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents New phase in the story of remittances / Briant Lindsay Lowell and Rodolfo O. de la Garza -- Binational impact of Latino remittances / Rodolfo O. de la Garza and Manuel Orozco -- Migrant remittances to Latin America : reviewing the literature / Deborah Waller Meyers.
Contents Latino hometown associations as agents of development in Latin America / Manuel Orozco -- Development of the hometown associations in the United States and the use of social remittances in Mexico / Rafael Alarcón -- Remittances and markets : new players and practices / Manuel Orozco -- Sending money home...for now : remittances and immigrant adaptation in the United States / Louis DeSipio -- Do government programs "crowd in" remittances? / J. Edward Taylor.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002017706 2002117706
ISBN074251885X (alk. paper)
ISBN0742518868 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HG3915.5 .S46 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold