Outsourcing Welfare: How the Money Immigrants Send Home Contributes to Stability in Developing Countries...

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Roy Germano (Research Scholar, School of Law, Research Scholar, School of Law, New York University)

Outsourcing Welfare

How the Money Immigrants Send Home Contributes to Stability in Developing Countries

Roy Germano (Research Scholar, School of Law, Research Scholar, School of Law, New York University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
15 May 2018

Welfare & benefit systems; International relations

Rising food prices, climate change, and the ravages of global capitalism have made the poor increasingly vulnerable to economic crises. At the same time, the governments of many developing countries have adopted austerity measures that leave their citizens without a safety net in times of need. This combination poses a potent threat to social and political stability throughout the developing world. How do the poor cope with economic crises when their governments fail to guarantee social welfare? How do societies keep from fracturing under the weight of economic grievances and civil unrest?

Outsourcing Welfare argues that the answers to these questions lie with remittances, the hundreds of billions of dollars that international migrants send to their home countries. Remittances are a leading source of income in dozens of developing economies and a critical lifeline that millions of families use to pay for food, healthcare, clothing, and other basics. In the absence of adequate government social protections, remittances insulate poor families from the full pain of economic crises, and in doing so, reduce the severity of grievances that fuel populist anger, civil unrest, and political instability.

Through stories from his fieldwork in Mexico and Central America and analyses of data from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East, Roy Germano shows how remittances buffer economic shocks, contribute to economic optimism, and dampen the threat of popular discontent during economic crises. Germano argues that remittances perform a social, economic, and political function that is strikingly similar to social spending, and that counting on people to migrate and send money home has become a de facto social welfare policy in many developing countries.

By: Roy Germano (Research Scholar School of Law Research Scholar School of Law New York University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 157mm, Width: 239mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9780190862848
ISBN 10: 019086284X
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 May 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roy Germano is a research scholar at the New York University School of Law. His research has appeared in Perspectives on Politics, The NYU Law Review, Research & Politics, Migration Studies, Latino Studies, and Electoral Studies. He has also written and directed five documentaries based on his fieldwork in Mexico and Central America, including the award-winning film The Other Side of Immigration. He holds a Ph.D. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin.

Reviews for Outsourcing Welfare: How the Money Immigrants Send Home Contributes to Stability in Developing Countries

This illuminating book addresses an important but often overlooked consequence of international migration: remittances sent by immigrants to relatives in their countries of origin. * Richard N. Cooper, Foreign Affairs *