El nexo migración-desarrollo y la economía política de la vivienda en américa latina

In recent years, various Latin American governments have attempted to render migrants as agents of development, mainly by channeling remittances to specific sectors such as housing and finance. The existing literature has yet to articulate how these new developments are reconfiguring the political e...

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Autor: Gisela Patricia Zapata Araujo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFMG
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufmg.br:1843/38697
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/1843/38697
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8644-5160
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Migración transnacional
Remesas
Desarrollo
Vivienda
Financialización
Colombia
Migração
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Sumario:In recent years, various Latin American governments have attempted to render migrants as agents of development, mainly by channeling remittances to specific sectors such as housing and finance. The existing literature has yet to articulate how these new developments are reconfiguring the political economy of housing in the region. Drawing on empirical data collected at both ends of the Colombia-uk migration network, this paper argues that these efforts aim to institutionalise remittance flows and their associated transnational socio-economic activities. They are underpinned by the repositioning of housing from a consumption to an investment item, and as a driver of economic growth; as well the positioning of the financial sector as the main means for households to access public and private housing, and other basic services. These developments have taken place in the context of a broader process of financialisation of the global poverty agenda in the last three decades.