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Posted on: December 5th, 2005
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Immigration ]
Tags: Mexico
This is pretty novel and interesting
“Immigrants have long sent money to help their families back home — in Mexico alone the figure will reach about $19 billion this year, development experts said. But they said immigrants are increasingly banding together to build community projects in their hometowns — from paved roads to hospitals to water systems — and getting the government and companies to help.Tenango’s electrical grid is a prime example: It was built through a government program called “Tres por Uno,” or “Three for One.” For every dollar immigrants contributed, the Mexican government threw in three — funding 1,436 projects in the country last year….”
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