REMITTANCES AND (UNDER) DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIGRATORY SYSTEMS OF BOLIVIA AND PARAGUAY

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between international remittances and development in the migratory systems of Bolivia and Paraguay in search of convergences and divergences. The issue of international remittances and development has been widely discussed in the literature, however, has attracted relatively little attention in the Southern Cone of Latin America.We debate the approach on the topic and analyze empirical evidence based on microdata from household surveys. In both countries, we suggest differences between households linked to the Global North and those linked to the Global South in three features:a) sociodemographics; b) socioeconomics and c) the dynamics of sending, receiving and uses of remittances. Theysuggests two main features: 1) in recipient households: dependence;2) in all households: deepeninginequality.

Keywords

• Latin America
• Comparative
• Global North
• Global South
• Migration