Return to Sender : The Moral Economy of Peru’s Migrant Remittances

__Return to Sender__ is an anthropological account of how Peruvian emigrants raise and remit money and what that activity means for themselves and for their home communities. The book draws on first-hand ethnographic data from North and South America, Europe, and Japan to describe how Peruvians remit to relatives at home, collectively raise money to organize development projects in their regions of origin, and invest savings in business and other activities. Karsten Paerregaard challenges unqualified approval of remittances as beneficial resources of development for home communities and important income for home countries. He finds a more complex situation in which remittances can also create dependency and deprivation. Return to Sender is an anthropological account of how Peruvian emigrants raise and remit money and what that activity means for themselves and for their home communities. The book draws on first-hand ethnographic data from North and South America, Europe, and Japan to describe how Peruvians remit to relatives at home, collectively raise money to organize development projects in their regions of origin, and invest savings in business and other activities. Karsten Paerregaard challenges unqualified approval of remittances as beneficial resources of development for home communities and important income for home countries. He finds a more complex situation in which remittances can also create dependency and deprivation. --Publisher description Return to Sender is an anthropological account of how Peruvian emigrants raise and remit money and what that activity means for themselves and for their home communities. The book draws on first-hand ethnographic data from North and South America, Europe, and Japan to describe how Peruvians remit to relatives at home, collectively raise money to organize development projects in their regions of origin, and invest savings in business and other activities.

Karsten Paerregaard challenges unqualified approval of remittances as beneficial resources of development for home communities and important income for home countries. He finds a more complex situation in which remittances can also create dependency and deprivation. 'Return to Sender' is an anthropological account of how Peruvian emigrants raise and remit money and what that activity means for themselves and for their home communities. The book draws on first-hand ethnographic data from North and South America, Europe, and Japan to describe how Peruvians remit to relatives at home, collectively raise money to organise development projects in their regions of origin, and invest savings in business and other activities The Social Life Of Remittances -- Peru : Migration And Remittances -- Compromiso : The Family Commitment -- Voluntad : The Community Commitment -- Superación : The Personal Commitment -- After Remittances. Karsten Paerregaard. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 209-220) And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. Contents Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Social Life of Remittances Chapter 2. Peru: Migration and Remittances Chapter 3. Compromiso: The Family Commitment Chapter 4. Voluntad: The Community Commitment Chapter 5. Superación: The Personal Commitment Chapter 6. After Remittances References Index Offers an account of how Peruvian emigrants raise and remit money and what that activity means for themselves and for their home communities.