Resumen:
There is an intense ongoing debate on migration and development in
LatinAmerica. This article offers a critical overview of themain perspectives
surrounding the Latin American debate across the social sciences.
A brief historical background is provided, followed by a characterization
of the three main paradigms prevailing in the region: the dominant
perspective, grounded in modernization and neoliberal principles; the
southern perspective, which has growing influence in the region and is
rooted in theLatin American development school; and the transnational
approach, which stands in between the first two paradigms and is circumscribed
to a meso-level of analysis. The final section highlights five
cutting-edge topics that have emerged in the region’s scholarship. The
article emphasizes the specificity and the main contributions made by
Latin American scholars to understanding and demystifying the complex
relationship between migration, development, and human rights.