25 September 2015

With Resolution A/RES/70/1, the UN General Assembly sets the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a collection of 17 global goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all”. Goal 10c is specifically dedicated to remittances: “By 2030, reduce to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than 5 per cent”.