International migration reorganizes livelihoods in the developing world. As globalization and transnational processes increase, these phenomena penetrate and affect peoples'lives and places in myriad forms. Using ethnographic material, this cross-cultural and cross-regional study examines the impact of social and economic remittances in Guatemalan sending communities. The article reveals the divergent ways - tangible and intangible - in which migra landscapes (the landscapes of migration) unfold in Ladino and Maya townships in Guatemala's Oriente (East) and Occidente (West). Copyright © 2008 by the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Guatemala Development Social and economic remittances transnational migration

international migration social impact Guatemala [Central America] migrants remittance Central America developing world economic impact globalization