Remittances, the portion of migrant workers' earnings sent back home to their families, have been a critical means of financial support for generations. But, for the most part, these flows have historically been -hidden in plain view-, often uncounted and even ignored. All that is now changing...

This document is a supplement to the brochure, Remittances in times of financial instability, and the map of remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2008, produced by MIF. The document provides a short overview of significant trends affecting remittances and their impact on families,...

Results and analysis of a poll in Brazil of remittance recipients

Results and analysis of a poll in Japan: Study of Latin American immigrants from Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay, living and working in Japan

Research on the impact of cash remittances on the developing economies of Latin America and the Caribbean countries.

The MIF made a partnership with the Earth Institute at Columbia University to jointly administer a permanent program on remittance studies in Latin America and the Caribbean. I'ts a three-year research and dissemination program to promote best practices in remittance transmission in Latin...

Study on the characteristics of the remittance flow to Ecuador, the transfer of Remittances and the Banking System

Analysis of the market conditions for remittances sent to Uganda