Migration and Remittances

Edited by John Connell, Professor of Human Geography, University of Sydney and Richard P.C. Brown, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia

Contents: Introduction Migration and Remittances: A Multidisciplinary Synthesis John Connell and Richard Brown PART I INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. Robert E.B. Lucas (2008), 'Reported and Informal Remittances: How Much? Who Sends? Who Benefits?', in International Migration and Economic Development: Lessons from Low-Income Countries, Chapter 5, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 145-206 2. Nazli Choucri (1986), 'The Hidden Economy: A New View of Remittances in the Arab World', World Development, 14 (6), June, 697-712 3. Mohammed El Qorchi, Samuel Munzele Maimbo and John F. Wilson (2003), 'Informal Funds Transfer Systems: An Analysis of the Informal Hawala System', Occasional Paper 222, A Joint IMF-World Bank Paper, Washington, DC, USA: International Monetary Fund, i-v, 1-51 PART II ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES 4. Richard H. Adams, Jr. (2011), 'Evaluating the Economic Impact of International Remittances on Developing Countries Using Household Surveys: A Literature Review', Journal of Development Studies, 47 (6), June, 809-28 5. Dean Yang (2011), 'Migrant Remittances', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 25 (3), Summer, 129-51 6. J. Edward Taylor (1999), 'The New Economics of Labour Migration and the Role of Remittances in the Migration Process', International Migration, 37 (1), March, 63-86 7. Ester Hernandez and Susan Bibler Coutin (2006), 'Remitting Subjects: Migrants, Money and States', Economy and Society, 35 (2), May, 185-208 PART III RATIONALE AND DETERMINANTS 8. Jorgen Carling and Kristian Hoelscher (2013), 'The Capacity and Desire to Remit: Comparing Local and Transnational Influences', Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 39 (6), 939-58 9. Henry Rempel and Richard A. Lobdell (1978), 'The Role of Urban-to-Rural Remittances in Rural Development', Journal of Development Studies, 14 (3), 324-41 10. Flore Gubert (2002), 'Do Migrants Insure Those who Stay Behind? Evidence from the Kayes Area (Western Mali)', Oxford Development Studies, 30 (3), 267-87 11. Benedicte de la Briere, Elisabeth Sadoulet, Alain de Janvry and Sylvie Lambert (2002), 'The Roles of Destination, Gender and Household Composition in Explaining Remittances: An Analysis for the Dominican Sierra', Journal of Development Economics, 68 (2), August, 309-28 12. L. Le De, J.C. Gaillard and W. Friesen (2013), 'Remittances and Disaster: A Review', International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 4 (4), June, 34-43 PART IV USES AND IMPACTS 13. A.S. Oberai and H.K. Manmohan Singh (1980), 'Migration, Remittances and Rural Development. Findings of a Case Study in the Indian Punjab', International Labour Review, 119 (2), March-April, 229-41 14. Richard H. Adams, Jr. (1998), 'Remittances, Investment and Rural Asset Accumulation in Pakistan', Economic Development and Cultural Change, 47 (1), October, 155-73 15. Pablo Acosta, Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto Lopez (2007), 'The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Capital: Evidence from Latin American Household Surveys', [https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/7392 License: CC BY 3.0 Unported], in Caglar OEzden and Maurice Schiff (eds), International Migration, Economic Development and Policy, Chapter 2, Washington, DC: World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan, [https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6766 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO], 59-98 16. Richard P.C. Brown, John Connell and Eliana V. Jimenez-Soto (2014), 'Migrants' Remittances, Poverty and Social Protection in the South Pacific: Fiji and Tonga', Population, Space and Place, 20 (5), July, 434-54 17. Richard H. Adams Jr. and John Page (2005), 'Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?', World Development, 33 (10), October, 1645-69 18. Robert Goldfarb, Oli Havrylyshyn and Stephen Mangum (1984), 'Can Remittances Compensate for Manpower Outflows: The Case of Philippine Physicians', Journal of Development Economics, 15 (1-3), June-August, 1-17 19. Catalina Amu