Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaAre 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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| Formato: | artículo científico |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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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 |
| Sumario: | 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 receive as remittanceshave various meanings. In order to fully understand migrants money transfers totheir families, the relationships between senders and receivers, which include mu-tualand sometimes divergingexpectations and obligations, need to be takeninto account. These relationships are complex, and shaped by gender, age, andkinship considerations. |
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