Debating Hawala, Infrastructures and Critical Issues: A Continuum from Hawala to Blockchain Technologies?

The paper aims to investigate the debate regarding the Informal Value Transfer Systems (IVTS), in particular that of hawala, a trust-based money transfer system. In this regard, analyzing the debate regarding hawala using primary and secondary sources, the paper demonstrates how hawala suffers forms...

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Publicado en:CONfines de Relaciones Internacionales y Ciencia Política Vol. 18; no. 34; pp. 72 - 93
Autor principal: MIRABILE, MARIO
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Department of International Relations & Political Science of the Tecnologico de Monterrey ene-may2022
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        Infrastructure (Economics)
        September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
        Sustainable development
        Blockchains
        Financial inclusion
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          Administration of General Economic Programs
          Blockchains
          Financial inclusion
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        blockchain
        hawala
        infrastructures
        migration
        remittances
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        migración
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      ab: The paper aims to investigate the debate regarding the Informal Value Transfer Systems (IVTS), in particular that of hawala, a trust-based money transfer system. In this regard, analyzing the debate regarding hawala using primary and secondary sources, the paper demonstrates how hawala suffers forms of coercion --particularly after the September 11 attacks in the US--. But also, experts and academics dealing with human rights, the remittance market and financial inclusion advocate for a fair and sustainable development of the hawala system. The article offers a brief overview of the possibilities and main challenges offered by the application of blockchain-based technologies and the societal, institutional and technological issues arising from it. In particular, the paper reflects on the contemporary debate about the hawala system to explain -- why at the moment -- the category of continuum cannot be considered adequate to describe the relationship between hawala and blockchain technologies.
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