Based on interviews with officers and workers in four banks and four insurance companies in each country.

Examines the role of financial institutions in transferring remittance and macro-economic background against which such transfers takes place; evaluates use of remittance, the characteristics and needs of remittance sending/receiving persons; explores the possible role of micro-finance institutions...

Explores how public actors, especially in home countries, link foreign direct investment (FDI) to labour and employment issues.