Globalization trends require that the LAC region create sound financial systems, competitive markets, an efficient public sector, and an effective infrastructure and regulatory framework. Therefore, MIF must sufficiently focus its operations to maximize development impact.

Remittance volumes, transaction costs, profiles of senders and receivers, and recent Latin American project studies show how an international labor market closely connected to the globalization process delivers desperately needed resources to more than one hundred million families worldwide.

This paper reviews some basic facts regarding Brazilian immigration and emigration, as well as looking at some policy and legal issues affecting migration management in Brazil. Based on this context, it addresses the issues required for the seminar.

Small business development in Latin America and the Caribbean is essential because it has the greatest potential to generate employment and alleviate poverty in the region. This report examines small business relations with the private sector in general and the MIF's role in its development.