Artigo de Periódico
El nexo migración-desarrollo y la economía política de la vivienda en américa latina
Fecha
2016-01Registro en:
10.18601/16577558.n23.07
23462132
Autor
Gisela Patricia Zapata Araujo
Institución
Resumen
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.