Núm. 48 (2018)
Artículos

Remesas y pobreza: una revisión teórica y empírica

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  • Jorge Mora-Rivera,
  • Francisco Javier Morales Gutiérrez
Jorge Mora-Rivera
ITESM Ciudad de México
Francisco Javier Morales Gutiérrez
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey
Biografía
Núm. 48
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24275/ETYPUAM/NE/482018/Mora
Publicado junio 1, 2018
Palabras clave
  • Remesas,
  • pobreza,
  • desarrollo,
  • migración

Derechos de autor 2018 Economía teoría y práctica

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Resumen

Este artículo hace una revisión de estudios que investigan el impacto que tienen las remesas sobre la pobreza en distintas partes del mundo, abordando diferentes concepciones teóricas y presentando evidencias empíricas relevantes que abonan a la discusión de la relación entre ambos fenómenos. Lo anterior con el fin de contribuir a la presentación sintética de las evidencias que existen en esta materia y así ofrecer una guía para aquellos interesados en estudiar ambas temáticas. Los estudios revisados indican que, en general, las remesas contribuyen a disminuir los niveles de pobreza. No obstante, el impacto de las remesas depende en gran medida de las estructuras institucionales existentes en los países de origen y de su efectividad al lidiar con problemas sociales y económicos. Así mismo, resulta fundamental señalar que las remesas por sí mismas no pueden erradicar la pobreza y de ninguna manera deben ser vistas como un mecanismo para ello.
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