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Outsourcing welfare : how the money immigrants send home contributes to stability in developing countries / Roy Germano

Author
Germano, Roy
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Remittances and the Politics of Austerity -- 2.Outsourcing Social Welfare: How Migrants Replaced the State during Mexico's Market Transition -- 3.How Remittances Prevent Social Unrest: Evidence from the Mexican Countryside -- 4.Optimism in Times of Crisis: Remittances and Economic Security in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East -- 5.They Came Banging Pots and Pans: Remittances and Government Approval in Sub-Saharan Africa during the Food Crisis -- 6.No Left Turn: Remittances and Incumbent Support in Mexico's Closely Contested 2006 Presidential Election -- 7.Conclusion.
Summary
In order to meet the International Monetary Fund's debt-reduction guidelines, many developing country governments have had to retrenth their social welfare systems. This text is about how remittances - the hundreds of billions of dollars international migrants send to family members in their home countries each year - are helping to fill this welfare gap and prevent civil unrest in developing countries. Looking particularly at Mexico, with supplemental cases in Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Latin America, the author argues that counting on expatriates to send money home has become a de facto social welfare policy in many cash-strapped developing countries whose economic policies are guided by neoliberal orthodoxy.
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ISBN
9780190862879 (ebook)
Audience Notes
Specialized.
Note
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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