What is it about?
When and how did the money that migrants send home to friends, family, and loved one -- monies known as remittances -- come to be seen as a development tool? This book dives into this question and examines the work of policy entrepreneurs whose work is behind this remarkable feat.
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Why is it important?
This book presents a critical analysis of the neoliberal ideas and market-centric policies that have been put into place by international agencies like the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Fund and national government agencies from both Mexico and the United States.
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This page is a summary of: Migrating into Financial Markets How Remittances Became a Development Tool, September 2015, University of California Press,
DOI: 10.1525/luminos.5.
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