Social, Political and Cultural Remittances: Implications for the Origin and Destination Countries

IF 1.3 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Millennial Asia Pub Date : 2022-05-13 DOI:10.1177/09763996221088639

A. Ullah, J. Ferdous, D. Chattoraj

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Abstract

Remittances have been one of the most critical components of the population migration debate. Since migration has been studied academically, the ‘remittance equals cash’ idea has dominated other types of remittances. This study focuses on in-kind remittances, which are transfers of goods and services sent by migrants (other than money) from their destination country. We examined the literature using content analysis. The research investigates how a nation takes shape through the injection of remittances in kind (RK) brought by ‘migrant populations’ of both origins and destinations, using empirical and theoretical evidence. RK are worth considering for a variety of reasons, the most important of which is that they play an essential part in international collectivist development. Second, they highlight the societal effects of migration. Third, they have a chance of gaining public support. With great transformative power, RK has the capacity to alter a nation’s economy, values and lifestyle. This article establishes for the first time, by re-conceptualizing conventional wisdom, that the major development paradigm shift that has occurred in Asia’s economies over the decades has been largely due to the contribution of RK brought and sent to by individuals such as Gandhi in India, Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, Shinawatra in Thailand, Jose Rizal in the Philippines and Suu Kyi in Myanmar. We conducted qualitative research and relied heavily on secondary data sources. This article delves into a fresh idea about migration and remittances. This is a new addition to the migration and development scholarship.

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社会、政治和文化汇款:对原籍国和目的地国的影响

汇款一直是人口迁移辩论中最关键的组成部分之一。自从学术界对移民问题进行了研究以来，“汇款等于现金”的思想一直主导着其他类型的汇款。这项研究的重点是实物汇款，即移民从目的地国发送的货物和服务（而非金钱）的转移。我们使用内容分析来检查文献。这项研究利用经验和理论证据，调查了一个国家是如何通过注入来源地和目的地的“移民人口”带来的实物汇款（RK）而形成的。RK值得考虑的原因有很多，其中最重要的是它们在国际集体主义发展中发挥着重要作用。其次，它们强调了移民的社会影响。第三，他们有机会获得公众的支持。凭借强大的变革力量，RK有能力改变一个国家的经济、价值观和生活方式。本文通过重新概念化传统智慧，首次确立了几十年来亚洲经济体发生的重大发展范式转变在很大程度上是由于印度的甘地、越南的胡志明、泰国的西那瓦、菲律宾的何塞·里扎尔和缅甸的素季等个人带来和派遣的RK的贡献。我们进行了定性研究，并在很大程度上依赖二级数据来源。这篇文章深入探讨了关于移民和汇款的新观点。这是移民与发展奖学金的新增项目。

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Millennial Asia AREA STUDIES-

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

12.50%

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期刊介绍： Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary, refereed biannual journal of the Association of Asia Scholars (AAS)–an association of the alumni of the Asian Scholarship Foundation (ASF). It aims to encourage multifaceted, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research on Asia, in order to understand its fast changing context as a growth pole of global economy. By providing a forum for Asian scholars situated globally, it promotes dialogue between the global academic community, civil society and policy makers on Asian issues. The journal examines Asia on a regional and comparative basis, emphasizing patterns and tendencies that go beyond national borders and are globally relevant. Modern and contemporary Asia has witnessed dynamic transformations in cultures, societies, economies and political institutions, among others. It confronts issues of collective identity formation, ecological crisis, rapid economic change and resurgence of religion and communal identifies while embracing globalization. An analysis of past experiences can help produce a deeper understanding of contemporary change. In particular, the journal is interested in locating contemporary changes within a historical perspective, through the use of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. This way, it hopes to promote comparative studies involving Asia’s various regions. The journal brings out both thematic and general issues and the thrust areas are: Asian integration, Asian economies, sociology, culture, politics, governance, security, development issues, arts and literature and any other such issue as the editorial board may deem fit. The core fields include development encompassing agriculture, industry, regional trade, social sectors like health and education and development policy across the region and in specific countries in a comparative perspective.