The collection of original contributions in this volume of Research in Economic Anthropology addresses two recurrent themes in economic anthropology. These are the process of economic development and the basis on which economic integration takes place. The development theme is divided between...

Introduction / Norbert Dannhaeuser, Cynthia Werner -- Overseas contract labor, remittances, and household consumption : a case study from San Fernando City, the Philippines / Ty S. Matejowsky -- The footprint of the offshore oil industry on community institutions / Karen Coelho -- Women's work...