Publication: Si ellas no vieran por mí, no tendría nada: Remesas y Estructuras Financieras Locales en el Austro Ecuatoriano. Una mirada transnacional al dinero de los migrates
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2009
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Migración y Desarrollo – Red Internacional de Migración y Desarrollo
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Las remesas se han convertido en objeto de interés por parte de organizaciones internacionales, instituciones financieras, los estados nacionales, investigadores, etc. Uno de los temas emergentes es precisamente cómo este dinero enviado por los migrantes se puede vincular con procesos de desarrollo y cambio social en las localidades de origen. Para profundizar esto, es necesario analizar la capacidad de las gentes para generar opciones, conocimiento y estrategias, las cuales no suelen aparecer en las estadísticas oficiales. Lo que proponemos aquí es el análisis de una experiencia organizativa de comunidades rurales situadas en el Austro ecuatoriano, en torno a estructuras de finanzas populares que se han visto fortalecidas por la canalización de remesas en un escenario de crisis económica, política y social. Dicho análisis se basa en la perspectiva transnacional, lo que permitirá develar el impacto y el significado económico, social y político otorgado por la gente al envío de las remesas
Remittances have become an important topic for international organizations, financial institutions, nation-states, researchers, and more. Of special interest is how to establish a link between the money sent by migrants and the processes of development and social change taking place in their places of origin. For an in-depth look, we must analyze migrants’ ability to develop options, knowledge, and strategies that do not usually show in official statistical data. This paper analyzes an organizational process developed by rural communities in the Austro region of Ecuador. The process itself was based on preexistent popular financial structures that have been strengthened by the channeling of remittances in what is otherwise a context of economic, political, and social crisis. Our analysis takes a transnational approach in order to reveal the impact of remittances and the economic, social, and political significance ascribed to them by the people
Remittances have become an important topic for international organizations, financial institutions, nation-states, researchers, and more. Of special interest is how to establish a link between the money sent by migrants and the processes of development and social change taking place in their places of origin. For an in-depth look, we must analyze migrants’ ability to develop options, knowledge, and strategies that do not usually show in official statistical data. This paper analyzes an organizational process developed by rural communities in the Austro region of Ecuador. The process itself was based on preexistent popular financial structures that have been strengthened by the channeling of remittances in what is otherwise a context of economic, political, and social crisis. Our analysis takes a transnational approach in order to reveal the impact of remittances and the economic, social, and political significance ascribed to them by the people