Migrant Remittances in South Asia: Social, Economic and Political Implications

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Migrant Remittances in South Asia: An Introduction....Pages 1-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Understanding Remittances: Theoretical and Methodological Issues....Pages 33-51
Gender and Remittances: Remodelling Remittance Exposure....Pages 52-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Formal Remittances: Costs and Efficiencies of Remittance Transfers to South Asia....Pages 71-87
Social Organization of Hundi: Informal Remittance Transfer to South Asia....Pages 88-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
The Social Dynamics of Remittance-Receiving in Pakistan: Agency and Opportunity among Non-migrants in a Transnational Social Field....Pages 115-134
Remittances and SME Development: Reflections from South Asia....Pages 135-157
Gendering Remittances: Contested Masculinities among Bangladeshi Male Immigrants in New York City....Pages 158-191
Globalization of Remittances in India: Towards a Sociological Perspective....Pages 192-217
When Money Follows the Corpse: Remittances of Deceased Migrants in South Asia....Pages 218-234
Fertility Responses to Migrant Remittances in Pakistan....Pages 235-254
Migrants’ Private Giving and Development in Central Gujarat, India....Pages 255-276
Uses and Impacts of Remittances in Nepal....Pages 277-294
Back Matter....Pages 295-302