Geography
How Remittance Landscapes Transform Housing Construction in Migrant-Sending Villages
Quick fact
In some regions of Mexico, India, and the Philippines, remittance-funded houses can account for up to 80% of new home construction, dramatically altering village skylines within a generation.
Why this is interesting
You may have seen photos of gleaming multi-story houses rising amid traditional villages—but who builds them, and why are they appearing in places where people have left for work abroad?