Remittances and International Development

Remittances and International Development

The Invisible Forces Shaping Community

Khan, Sabith; Merritt, Daisha

Taylor & Francis Ltd

07/2020

198

Dura

Inglês

9781138344419

15 a 20 dias

560

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1. Introduction : Purpose of the book. 2. Motivations to send and receive: Background. 3. Growth of Money Transfers : Theorizing technology, distance and money. 4. Remittances by the numbers : How much is sent and where. 5. Policy and remittances: Human needs and the shaping of practice with policy. 6. Discourse of remittances: How it shapes praxis in India, USA and Mexico. 7. Case study: India as a receiver. 8. Remittances and the Persian Gulf nations. 9. Remittances as subaltern giving: The case of Mexico. 10. Remittances as 'soft power'? : Examining the power of money-flows between communities and nation-states. 11. Conclusion: Forces shaping the future
Money Transfer;Humanitarian Aid;Remittances;IDP;Diaspora Giving;IDP Camp;Development;Money Transfer Operators;International Philanthropy;Remittance Landscape;Indian Diaspora;India;Remittance Outflows;USA;USD Currency;Mexico;FCRA;international development;Money Transfer Agents;community development;Remittance Market;policy analysis;Agnostic;philanthropy;Gulf Nations;MENA;KSA;Pravasi Bharatiya Divas;FEMA;Remittance Inflows;Sending Countries;Blockchain Technology;RBI;Money Transfer Companies;Cryptocurrencies;FX Department