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This report analyzes current trends in money transfers, paying attention to the gradual decline in costs and some of the factors influencing the decline. The report also highlights the fact that both banking and nonbanking financial institutions, such as microfinance institutions, are...
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than the worlds¿ population. The information contained in this study presents the first detailed analysis of remittances …
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This slide is about a Statement of Direction for the Remittances business In Dominican Republic. Presents a vision …
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This document is about Economic dynamics of remittances on Dominican Republic. Presents graphics of Remittances, non …
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This paper presents new evidence on migration and risk among Mexican migrants to the United States living in the New York City area. The paper examines the potential demand for formal risk mitigating mechanisms by studying some of the risks facing this community on both sides of the border, and...
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Beyond Small Change examines the phenomenon of migrant remittances in hopes of contributing to international … understanding of remittances, promoting better policies and practices in this area, and turning migrant workers' hard-won resources …
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Workers' remittances have become a major source of financing for developing countries and are especially important in … the main questions faced by policymakers when trying to respond to increasing remittances flows. The book relies on cross …
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In this paper we present evidence suggesting that international migrant remittances generally lead to improved … households receiving international remittances are generally correlated with better schooling and health outcomes and with … reductions in some dimensions of poverty. Our results take into account the likely endogeneity between migration, remittances and …
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Using data from Mexican surveys of Microenterprises conducted between 1992 and 1998, we examine the association between migration to the US and investment in microenterprises, the use of paid and unpaid labor, and the earnings of micro entrepreneurs. We find that investments in microenterprises...
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intermediation and remittance transfers. The impact of family remittances has been highlighted in the literature as an important one … remittances to financial intermediation as a strategy to harness the development impact of such earnings. This paper attempts to … remittances and development vis-à-vis financial intermediation. It is a case study analysis of nine financial institutions, and …
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