Migration and Development on the South–North Frontier: A Comparison of the Mexico–US and Morocco–EU cases

Haas, Hein de; Vezzoli, Simona

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2013.778019

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“…Esto se da en un escenario de referencia más amplio al considerar las vinculaciones interdependientes y mutuamente determinantes entre migración y desarrollo (Márquez & Delgado, 2012;De Haas, 2010, lo cual contempla el tratamiento de dos ejes fundamentales. (1) La estructura socioeconómica de los Estados nacionales en desarrollo (como el caso de México), que provocan y estimulan la partida de sus ciudadanos (De Haas & Vezzoli, 2013). 2Por otro lado, la fuerte y significativa necesidad de fuerza de trabajo de los países capitalistas desarrollados (como EEUU), que fungen como un polo atrayente de migrantes, debido a las acentuadas diferencias salariales entre los países de origen y destino (Bustamante, 1975(Bustamante, , 1997Delgado, Márquez & Rodríguez, 2009;Márquez & Delgado, 2012;Turián, 2000;Verduzco, 2000;CONAPO, 2010, Santibáñez, 2000Zúñiga, Leite & Acevedo, 2005).…”

Section: La Migración Como Proceso De Movilidad Espacialunclassified

Cambios espaciales y socioeconómicos en la migración mexicana a Estados Unidos a inicios del siglo XXI (1994–2007)

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González²

2020

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El objetivo de este artículo es dar cuenta de las transformaciones de la migración México-Estados Unidos, en el contexto de las reformas estructurales neoliberales y del cambio de siglo (1994–2007). Mediante el análisis de censos, índices de intensidad migratoria y de recepción de remesas, este trabajo plantea la hipótesis de que, además de las transformaciones del volumen demográfico y de los perfiles socio-étnicos de los migrantes, hubo cambios socioeconómicos (otro perfil migrante y aumento de remesas) y sobre todo se consolidó la emergencia de otra configuración espacial/geográfica de la migración, caracterizada por otros lugares de origen y destino de la migración.

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Section: La Migración Como Proceso De Movilidad Espacialunclassified

Cambios espaciales y socioeconómicos en la migración mexicana a Estados Unidos a inicios del siglo XXI (1994–2007)

Ramírez¹,

González²

2020

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“…Also, low‐skilled migration might serve to maintain the political status quo. Many (currently or formerly) authoritarian states, such as Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt in North Africa, Mexico in Latin America and the Philippines in Asia, have used migration of non‐elite groups as a political‐economic “safety valve” to decrease unemployment, poverty and political discontent (Castles, 2007; de Haas and Vezzoli, 2010; Gammage, 2006; Kireyev, 2006). The down side is that this may reduce the domestic pressure on governments to implement structural political and economic reforms needed to create more favourable development conditions.…”

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The Migration and Development Pendulum: A Critical View on Research and Policy

Haas

2012

International Migration

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At the dawn of the new millennium, international development agencies and governments have “discovered” the potential of migration and remittances to stimulate development in poor countries. However, migration and development is anything but a new topic. The debate about migration and development has swung back and forth like a pendulum, from optimism in the postwar period to deep “brain drain” pessimism since the 1970s towards neo‐optimistic “brain gain” since 2000. Influenced by growing policy disappointment, we might now be at the beginning of a backswing towards more pessimistic views. While these shifts are rooted in deeper ideological and paradigmatic shifts, a review of empirical evidence yields a much more nuanced picture. Despite the often considerable benefits of migration and remittances for individuals and communities involved, migrants alone can generally not remove more structural development constraints and migration may actually contribute to development stagnation and reinforce the political status quo. Despite their development potential, migrants and remittances can therefore neither be blamed for a lack of development nor be expected to trigger take‐off development in generally unattractive investment environments. Recent views celebrating migration as self‐help development “from below” are partly driven by neoliberal ideologies that shift the attention away from structural development constraints and, hence, the responsibility of migrant‐sending states to pursue political and economic reform. Immigrant‐receiving countries can increase the development potential of migration by creating legal channels for high‐ and lower‐skilled migration and integration policies that favour socio‐economic mobility of migrants and avoid their marginalization.

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“…At a broader level, both specialists in the international community and scholars from developing countries have explored the origins, evolution and effectiveness of state–diaspora partnerships implemented by sending countries such as Mexico, Morocco, Ghana, India and Serbia (e.g. Castles and Delgado Wise, ; de Haas and Vezzoli, ; Vezzoli, ).…”

Section: Migration and Development And The Role Of State–diaspora Parmentioning

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Beyond 3×1: Linking Sending and Receiving Societies in the Development Process

Hazán

2012

International Migration

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In this paper, I explore the possibilities of linking and expanding existing sending and receiving countries' initiatives that mobilize immigrants to participate in the development process of their countries of origin in such a way as to advance two main goals of such initiatives: (1) to multiply their developmental impact in sending regions; and (2) to help increase the social and political capital of immigrants and immigrant associations, so as to facilitate both their role in the development of their countries of origin and also their integration in their host societies. In the paper, I will study the Mexican 391 programme and Spain's co-development model and explore the ways in which programmes such as these could be ideally linked and implemented, in diverse contexts, in a way that is advantageous to both sending and receiving societies. The paper is based on research conducted over the past 9 years with Mexican immigrant associations in the United States; on interviews with Mexican government officials in Mexico and the United States; and on interviews conducted in 2008 and 2009 in Spain.

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Migration and Development on the South–North Frontier: A Comparison of the Mexico–US and Morocco–EU cases

Cited by 12 publications

References 27 publications

Cambios espaciales y socioeconómicos en la migración mexicana a Estados Unidos a inicios del siglo XXI (1994–2007)

Cambios espaciales y socioeconómicos en la migración mexicana a Estados Unidos a inicios del siglo XXI (1994–2007)

The Migration and Development Pendulum: A Critical View on Research and Policy

Beyond 3×1: Linking Sending and Receiving Societies in the Development Process

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