The Land Left Behind: Remittances and Their Consequences
PowerPoint Presentation
"The Social, Economic and Political Impact of Remittances" by Luis Cosenza
Information about Remittances
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125004178044724675.html
The Wall Street Journal reports on the money lost in remittances due to the recession.
http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/100.pdf
Results of The Pew Hispanic Center ‘s research on remittances among US immigrants are available at this site.
http://pewhispanic.org/factsheets/factsheet.php?FactsheetID=35
An extensive statistical portrait of Hispanics in the US can be found at the Pew Hispanic Center website.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/30/AR2008093002579.html
The Washington Post examines remittances from a statistical and human perspective.
http://web.mit.edu/cis/pdf/Audit_03_06_Elton.pdf
Remittances may create a “faulty lifeline” for developing economies, according to this paper from the MIT Center for International Studies.
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47032
Inter Press Service discusses the strain due to the drop in remittances in several Latin American countries.
http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/migration/remittances/impact-of-remittances&id=31308&type=Document
Remittances have been shown to have a positive effect on the lives of the children left behind. This paper studies other effects of parents’ seasonal migration on children in Nicaragua.
http://books.google.com/books?id=IVhiyHtrkh0C&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=effect+of+remittances+on+families&source=bl&ots=c8px0owpvX&sig=fEfKZa
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Google Books offers an online version of Remittances, Development Impact and Future Prospects by Samuel Munzele Maimbo and Dilip Ratha (ed.).
http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=2100503
This site presents a survey, sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank, of 1350 Latino migrants who sent remittances home during the spring and summer of 2009.
http://www.uiowa.edu/ifdebook/ebook2/contents/part4-II.shtml
The University of Iowa Center for International Finance and Development has an E-Book that includes a chapter on remittances and development.
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=133
This report was written before the recession, but it examines the effects of circular migration and remittances on development. The report was generated from a gathering of international experts meeting at the University of California San Diego in 2003.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/123140/Half-New-Latino-Immigrants-Send-Money-Abroad.aspx
Among other results, this Gallup pole finds a correlation between religion and the likelihood that an immigrant will send remittances home.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/LACEXT/EXTLACOFFICEOFCE/0,,contentMDK:21105202~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:870893,00.html
A review of Close to Home: The Development Impact of Remittances in Latin America from the office of the chief economist at the World Bank, explores the positive and negative effects of remittances on societies. A download of the report is also available.
http://www.eldis.org/
Eldis is a service of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. It contains more than 26,000 summarized documents from over 7,500 development organizations and offers downloads for free. They have reports on everything from health issues to finance and governance.
http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/migration/remittances/impact-of-remittances&id=35054&type=Document
This report from Eldis examines the effect of migration and remittances on social development.
http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/migration/remittances/impact-of-remittances&id=32540&type=Document
Contending that a strong flow of remittances is a good thing, this study recommends that development communities make remittance services cheaper and more convenient.
http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/migration/remittances/impact-of-remittances&id=32187&type=Document
This paper examines NGOs and remittances, suggesting ways in which they can help maximize the benefits.
Lesson Plans on Remittances
http://www.unc.edu/world/Lesson%20Plans/Johnny%20Appleseed%20in%20the%20Sahel.pdf
This is lesson plan PDF is designed for 7th grade, but could be adjusted up or down. Students examine how the ownership of a tree can affect a family in Niger.
http://www.gng.org/pulse/fall2008/Microcredit_Lesson_Plan.pdf
This lesson plan on microcredit and microfinance and its role in fighting poverty can be used in Math or Business classes on the high school level.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BUE/is_1_137/ai_n17207388/
Students can read about the positive and negative impacts of emigration before discussing issues presented by the author. This could be adjusted to most grades levels.
Lesson Plans and Information about Honduras
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ho.html
The CIA’s World Fact Book has all the basic information about Honduras.
http://honduras.com/
Honduras’ official website is an interesting mix of tourism and politics.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1922.htm
This is the Honduran site maintained by the US Department of State.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/LACEXT/HONDURASEXTN/0,,menuPK:295076~pagePK:141159~piPK:141110~theSitePK:295071,00.html
The World Bank maintains an extensive site with many links.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/hntoc.html#hn0029
The Library of Congress has detailed country studies covering everything from the history of a country to its geography and government.
http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=6242&external=http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/guides/honduras/index.html&original=http://www.proteacher.com/090073.shtml&title=Honduras%20Study%20Guide
This is a folktale from Honduras, “The Flower of Olivia”. It also links back to Peace Corp’s Worldwise Schools, which contains many contributions of Peace Corps volunteers from around the world.
http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=385&title=
Students can learn a lot about a country by making a travel brochure. This site is specific to Honduras and is sponsored by National Geographic. It is designed for grades 6-8.
http://www.questconnect.org/ca_honduras.htm
The Adventure Learning Foundation has many links to international information and lesson plan ideas. This link is specific to Honduras.
Notre Dame Faculty Resources
Jeffrey H. Bergstrand
Professor of Finance
574-631-6761
email: jbergstr@nd.edu
www.nd.edu/~jbergstr
International trade flows; economic integration agreements; foreign direct investment and multinational firms; exchange rates and international finance.
Gilberto Cárdenas
Professor of Sociology, Julián Samora Chair in Latino Studies, Assistant Provost; Director, Institute for Latino Studies and The Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR)
574-631-3819
email: gcardena@nd.edu
http://sociology.nd.edu/faculty/all/cardenas-gil/index.shtml
International migration; border studies; links between Latino communities in the United States and countries of origin, art and politics.
Juan M. Rivera
Associate Professor of Accountancy
email: jrivera@nd.edu
web2.business.nd.edu/Faculty/faculty_bio_page.cfm?who=jrivera
International accounting; foreign exchange transactions; foreign reporting and disclosures; agribusiness and development; NAFTA
Jaime Ros
574-631-7009
email: ros@nd.edu
www.nd.edu/~econplcy/faculty_staff/ros.html
Development economics; trade and macroeconomic policies and problems in developing countries.
Vineeta Yadav
574-631-7214
email: Yadav.2@nd.edu
http://politicalscience.nd.edu/faculty/profiles/vineeta-yadave/index.shtml
Comparative politics, international economics, and the political economy of economic development.
