The Programa 3x1 para Migrantes is the institutional shape adopted by the collective remittances sent to Mexican communities. Since 2002 it is a federal governmental program, although it is rooted in Mexican immigrant associations and links between immigrants and local population in Mexico. The Program’s main features, as well as the high level of civic participation of immigrant associations it is built upon, make it a key subject in migration studies and public policy studies. Although both approaches find substantial heterogeneity in the Program’s implementation at the local level, they remain as different research fields. This article is an effort to complement the different findings in the subject by means of the qualitative analysis of two problems frequently reported: lack of targeting in high-marginalization areas, and the centrality of local actors other than migrant associations. Our findings are twofold. First, it is shown that the differences of interests across actors, and the different definitions of the public problem that the Program displays over time, make the beneficiary areas selected by immigrants incompatible with the government’s priorities. Second, we find opposite effects in accountability, depending on the actor that replace the immigrant club as the central actor in the implementation process.
Keywords:
Programa 3x1 para Migrantes, Mexican hometown associations, public policy
Pérez-Soria, J. (2018). Local dynamics in the implementation the Programa 3x1 para Migrantes: between conflict and cooperation. Journal Studies of Public Policy, 4(1), 31–45. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-6296.2018.48912
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