Mobile remittances have a high development potential as they hold the promise of providing quick, easy and cheap money transfers. In Africa mobile phone usage has increased sharply and mobile banking providers are extending their services, enabling greater opportunities for mobile remittances....

This is the presentation of the study "Competitiveness and Growth in Latin America: Country Case: El Salvador". The study finds that phenomena associated with migration are key in understanding slow growth in El Salvador. Migration has substantially reduced the growth of labor force....