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Migration is linked to development in several complex and mutually interdependent ways. This chapter approaches this link through focussing on the role of migrant remittances and Hometown Associations (HTAs) in promoting development. Attention is paid to the money migrants send back to developing countries, the forms migrant transfers take and the factors that may influence the developmental impact of these transfers. How migration–development policy link up to migration control concerns is also debated. It is argued that no matter whether remittances are sent by individuals or through HTAs and diaspora groups, the developmental outcomes of these transfers cannot be assumed. In most instances, the effects of migration on development are far from straightforward, leaving the link unsettled, ambivalent and contentious or contested.
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Sørensen, N.N. (2016). Migrants, Remittances and Hometown Associations in Promoting Development. In: Grugel, J., Hammett, D. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of International Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-42724-3_19
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