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Globalization and Migration: The Impact of Family Remittances in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Manuel Orozco
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Abstract

Taking as its point of departure the relationship between migration and globalization, this article highlights the salience of remittances in the national economies of Latin America, especially Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. It looks at the various actors that participate in the transfer of remittances and suggests that incorporating migrant labor dynamics as a category of economic integration will reveal a distinct landscape in the economies of Latin America.

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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , Summer 2002 , pp. 41 - 66
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Copyright © University of Miami 2002

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