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Migrant Remittances in South Asia

Social, Economic and Political Implications

  • Md Mizanur Rahman
  • Tan Tai Yong
  • A K M Ahsan Ullah
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Part of the International Political Economy Series book series (IPES)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xx
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  2. Migrant Remittances in South Asia: An Introduction

    1. Migrant Remittances in South Asia: An Introduction
      Md Mizanur Rahman, Tan Tai Yong, A K M Ahsan Ullah
      Pages 1-30

  3. Remittance and Conceptual Issues

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 31-31
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    2. Understanding Remittances: Theoretical and Methodological Issues
      Md Mizanur Rahman, Lian Kwen Fee
      Pages 33-51
    3. Gender and Remittances: Remodelling Remittance Exposure
      A K M Ahsan Ullah
      Pages 52-67

  4. Remittance Transfer Systems

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 69-69
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    2. Formal Remittances: Costs and Efficiencies of Remittance Transfers to South Asia
      Bhupal Singh
      Pages 71-87
    3. Social Organization of Hundi: Informal Remittance Transfer to South Asia
      Md Mizanur Rahman, Brenda S. A. Yeoh
      Pages 88-111

  5. Implications of Remittances in South Asia

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 113-113
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    2. The Social Dynamics of Remittance-Receiving in Pakistan: Agency and Opportunity among Non-migrants in a Transnational Social Field
      Marta Bivand Erdal
      Pages 115-134
    3. Remittances and SME Development: Reflections from South Asia
      Rita Afsar
      Pages 135-157
    4. Gendering Remittances: Contested Masculinities among Bangladeshi Male Immigrants in New York City
      Natacha Stevanovic-Fenn
      Pages 158-191
    5. Globalization of Remittances in India: Towards a Sociological Perspective
      Vani S. Kulkami
      Pages 192-217
    6. When Money Follows the Corpse: Remittances of Deceased Migrants in South Asia
      A K M Ahsan Ullah, Mallik Akram Hossain
      Pages 218-234
    7. Fertility Responses to Migrant Remittances in Pakistan
      Mazhar Mughal, Amar Anwar
      Pages 235-254
    8. Migrants’ Private Giving and Development in Central Gujarat, India
      Puja Guha
      Pages 255-276
    9. Uses and Impacts of Remittances in Nepal
      Bhubanesh Pant
      Pages 277-294
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 295-302
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About this book

Introduction

This volume provides theoretical treatments of remittance on how its development potential is translated into reality. The authors meticulously delve into diverse mechanisms through which migrant communities remit, investigating how recipients engage in the development process in South Asia.

Keywords

Remittance South Asia Development Political Economy Asia development dynamics fertility globalization migrants modeling money organization organizations

Editors and affiliations

  • Md Mizanur Rahman
    • 1
  • Tan Tai Yong
    • 1
  • A K M Ahsan Ullah
    • 2
  1. 1.Institute of South Asian StudiesNational University of SingaporeSingapore
  2. 2.American University in CairoEgypt

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