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Migrant Remittances in South Asia

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series

Editors: Rahman, Md Mizanur; Yong, Tan Tai; Ullah, A K M Ahsan

DOI: 10.1057/9781137350800

ISBN: 978-1-349-46858-4

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK - Springer Journals

Dec 1, 2015

1 - 10 of 13 Chapters

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Migrant Remittances in South Asia: An Introduction

Rahman, Md Mizanur; Yong, Tan Tai; Ullah, A K M Ahsan

Pages: 1 –30

[Making decision in order to set off for international destinations is hardly independent of potential economic benefit that spawns in the form of remittances. The primary motivations for migration from developing coun- tries are generally linked to economic opportunities overseas and sharing...
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Understanding Remittances: Theoretical and Methodological Issues

Rahman, Md Mizanur; Fee, Lian Kwen

Pages: 33 –51

[Remittances are integral to migration because one of the basic motives for migrating is to remit a portion of earnings to the communities of origin, especially under conditions of temporary labour migration. Since temporary migrants typically leave their families behind, they have a strong bond...
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Gender and Remittances: Remodelling Remittance Exposure

Ullah, A K M Ahsan

Pages: 52 –67

[I wrote a paper entitled ‘Exposure to Remittances: Theoretical and Empirical Implications for Gender’ that offered theoretical underpinnings of expo- sure to remittances which constituted four components (Ullah, 2013). The underlying reasons for writing that paper were manifold. Research on...
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Formal Remittances: Costs and Efficiencies of Remittance Transfers to South Asia

Singh, Bhupal

Pages: 71 –87

[The first wave of financial flows to developing countries from migrant workers occurred in the latter half of the 1970s led by the oil price boom and stream of labour migration from Asia, Northern Africa and the non-oil-producing Middle East countries. Another surge started in the early 1980s...
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Social Organization of Hundi: Informal Remittance Transfer to South Asia

Rahman, Md Mizanur; Yeoh, Brenda S. A.

Pages: 88 –111

[The transfers in cash (or kind) from migrants to their non-migrating fami- lies in the source countries are usually referred to as ‘migrant remittances’.1 Remittance flows to developing countries have more than quadrupled since 2000. According to a recent World Bank press release, global remit-...
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The Social Dynamics of Remittance-Receiving in Pakistan: Agency and Opportunity among Non-migrants in a Transnational Social Field

Erdal, Marta Bivand

Pages: 115 –134

[Remittances are usually understood as private transfers of money from a migrant to a relative remaining in the country of origin.1 However, the term remittances refers to a broad range of different transfers, sent not only by international but also by internal migrants, in contexts where...
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Remittances and SME Development: Reflections from South Asia

Afsar, Rita

Pages: 135 –157

[The recent surge in the scale of remittances has attracted attention of both policymakers and academics in both developed and developing countries. Remittances are more predictable and stable than both the foreign develop- ment investment (FDI) and official development assistance (ODA) flows. As...
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Gendering Remittances: Contested Masculinities among Bangladeshi Male Immigrants in New York City

Stevanovic-Fenn, Natacha

Pages: 158 –191

[Monir is a 27-year-old cab driver in New York City. In his spare time, he takes classes at Hunter College, where he is currently finishing his last semester before getting his Bachelor’s degree. Like the majority of Bangladeshis who migrate to the US, Monir won a Diversity Visa (DV) through the...
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Globalization of Remittances in India: Towards a Sociological Perspective

Kulkami, Vani S.

Pages: 192 –217

[As the scale of migration increases, the corresponding growth in remit- tances is gaining widespread attention (IFAD, 2007, p. 2). The globalization of migration has particularly put the phenomenon of remittances at the centre of social science research. The dominant focus of this research is on...
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When Money Follows the Corpse: Remittances of Deceased Migrants in South Asia

Ullah, A K M Ahsan; Hossain, Mallik Akram

Pages: 218 –234

[The proliferation of people on the move globally and the attendant finan- cial transfers or remittances have brought migration to the core of the global development agenda. However, migration has failed to bring equal blessings to everyone. While many migrants benefited greatly from their...

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