Migrant Remittances: Transforming Communities
Channel: Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: 2014-01-21

Gale E Summerfield
Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, Illinois

Gale E Summerfield

Respondents:
Noreen M Sugrue
Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, Illinois

Migrant remittances now greatly exceed international development aid, and their potential for promoting development is a current debate in the field. This talk draws on a recent study of immigrants in the Midwest to explore impacts on capabilities in the receiving and sending communities. Issues addressed include the following: How do private and social remittances differ? Who sends? Who receives? Do the remittances increase inequality and/or expand opportunities in the receiving communities?

Tuesday, March 3, 2009
4:00 pm
Music Room, Levis Faculty Center