Are all Dollars Equal? The Meanings Behind Migrants Financial Transfers

This paper provides a detailed analysis of financial remittances to families in ru-ral Andean Ecuador. Five different types of transfers are identified and analyzed:family maintenance remittances, migrants savings, debt repayment, emergencymoney, and gift money. In each case, the dollars families re...

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Autor principal: Diana Mata-Codesal
Formato: artículo científico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, A.C. 2015
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15132994002
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/87493