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- Working Paper 4: Remittances
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 Working Paper 4: Remittances
Santo Domingo, 2007
Amaia Pérez Orozco, Denise Paiewonsky
Remittances are the most visible factor that link migration and development. Despite the increasingly optimistic visions, the paper argues that the empirical evidence of the positive effects of the flow of remittances on development is weak, and that the use of different methodological and conceptual frameworks can yield mixed results. It discusses the impact of remittances at the local level, with special attention to the proposal of channeling remittances through formal financial institutions. Finally, some reflections are made on the additional elements of discussion that arise when introducing the issue of gender in the debate, the differential role of women and men in sending and receiving remittances and their impact on gender relations.
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- Working Paper 3: Migration and Development
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 Working Paper 3: Migration and Development
Santo Domingo, 2007
Amaia Pérez Orozco
This document makes a critical analysis of the dominant discourse on the link between migration and development, which gives a highly positive view of the impact of migration on the development of countries of origin (and, above all, local development of communities of origin), achieved mainly thanks to the flow of remittances. It discusses worrying questions of that discourse (biased concepts underlying the lack of a transnational perspective and neglected gender impacts, etc.), and provides some tentative points to refocus the discussion.
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- Working Paper 2: Global Care Chains
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 Working Paper 2: Global Care Chains
Santo Domingo, 2007
Amaia Pérez Orozco
This paper discusses the process of the so-called global care chains and the phenomena behind them. It deals with the conformation of transnational dimension chains with the objective of sustaining daily life, and in which household work is transferred from one to another based on an axis of power. The paper examines their impact on development at the global level, analyzing the impact on origin, destination and transnational families and beyond to the whole social development of the countries involved. This raises the urgency of a public debate on the social organization of care as part of the global development agenda.
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- Working Paper 1: Feminization of Migration
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 Working Paper 1: Feminization of Migration
Santo Domingo, 2007
Denise Paiewonsky
This paper analyzes the exact meaning of what has become a widespread expression: the feminization of migration. This term refers more to the change in migratory patterns of females than to the significant increase in the percentage of women among the total number of migrants (47% in 1960 and 49% today). It discusses the main factors driving the female migration and its relationship with the reproduction of gender inequalities at the global level. Finally, we discuss the impact of gender on women’s migration.
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