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Background Readings

 THEME 1: LEVERAGING ON GLOBAL AND REGIONAL REMITTANCE TRENDS

The 2003 International Conference on Migrant Remittances

UN Holds First High-Level Meeting on International Migration and Development

The World Bank Global Economic Prospects 2006: Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration

Impact of Remittances on Financial Sector Development: Do Workers’ Remittances Promote Financial Development?

Remittances and Economic Development in Somalia: An Overview

Workers’ Remittances to Developing Countries: A Survey with Central Banks on Selected Public Policy Issues

Remittances In Conflict and Crises: How Remittances Sustain Livelihoods in War, Crises, and Transitions to Peace (Summary  Full Report)

The World Bank Bilateral Remittance Corridor Analysis:

The USA-Mexico Remittance Corridor

The Canada-Vietnam Remittance Corridor

The Italy-Albania Remittance Corridor

The Germany-Serbia Remittance Corridor

The U.K. Department for International Development:

The U.K. Remittance Market

Black and Ethnic Minority Remittance Survey 2006

The International Monetary Fund:

World Economic Outlook 2005: Globalization and External Imbalances; Chapter 2. Two Current Issues Facing Developing Countries: Workers' Remittances and Economic Development

Remittances: A Lifeline for Development, Finance & Development - a quarterly magazine of the IMF

 

 THEME 2: BALANCING REGULATIONS AND ACCESS TO FINANCE

Remittance Service Providers in the United States: How remittance firms operate and how they perceive their business environment

The CPSS-World Bank:

General Guidance For Payment System Development, Consultative Report

Conference on General Principles for International Remittance Services

 

 THEME 3: BUILDING INCLUSIVE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS

The U.K. Department for International Development:

The SendMoneyHome.org Initiative 

The Enabling Environment for Mobile Banking in Africa

Developmental Impact of Migrant Remittances (id21 insights email newsletter #60)

The World Bank:

Close to Home: The Development Impact of Remittances in Latin America

Migrant Labor Remittances In the South Asia Region

Expanding Bank Outreach through Retail Partnerships: Correspondent Banking in Brazil 

Improving Access to Finance for India's Rural Poor

Global Conference on Access to Finance, May 30-31, 2006, Washington, DC

Unlocking Dead Capital: How Reforming Collateral Laws Improves Access to

 

Conference Brochure [including overview of World Bank and DFID work on remittances]




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