Showing 1 - 10 of 14
Project greenback 2.0, remittances champion cities consists in identifying cities where a series of measures are … and competition in the market for remittances and, ultimately, the reduction of prices for remittance services. Montreuil …, France is the second Remittances Champion City after Turin, Italy. This report presents the main results of the survey. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564730
Remittances are an important source of income for households in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), as … remittances to SADC, the cost of sending money to and within the region is significantly higher than other regions in the world …. To address the high cost of remittances globally, the World Bank has been involved in a number of initiatives aimed at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645616
following chapters describe the work of the WB on financial inclusion and international remittances in Albania, with an emphasis … interested in remittances and financial inclusion about the general trends and specific activities the WB has been implementing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414017
This report aims to inform a wider audience about the importance of remittances and the specific financial education … give an overview of the work of the WB on financial inclusion and international remittances in Kosovo, with an emphasis on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644535
The objective of this report is to inform the government's policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note two examines internal migration in Rwanda, which is a recent phenomenon and remains fairly limited, with less than 10...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644966
This Regional Partnership Framework (RPF) outlines the World Bank Group (WBG) strategic program for nine Pacific island countries (PIC9): Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of Nauru, Republic of Palau, Independent State of Samoa,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246748
This paper is part of an ongoing collaboration between the World Bank and the General Directorate of Forestry (GDF) in Turkey. In 2013, the GDF requested that the World Bank help update their 5-year Forest Sector Strategy (2017-2021), and together they developed a Forest Policy Note (FPN) which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246770
The Dominican Republic (DR) is vulnerable to climate change and has a high rate of natural degradation. The DR shows evidence of significant human mobility flows of (i) internal migration, mainly rural to urban; and (ii) international cross-border migration, especially from Haiti. Given this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014553797
This paper aims to better understand emigration pressures in migrant sending countries by looking at the determinants of the propensity to migrate at the individual level. The analysis is based on survey data from Albania, Moldova, Egypt and Tunisia collected by the European Training Foundation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676653