On 16 and 17 June 2021, practitioners from the public and private sectors gathered virtually for the seventh Global Forum on…
‘The impact of remittances for recovery and resilience through digital and financial inclusion’ 4 November 2021, 1:00-2:00 (U…
Across Africa, over 400-million financially excluded adults are missing out on opportunities to secure and grow their savings…
Disruptions in Afghanistan’s money-moving apparatus constrain key source of income for ordinary Afghans. Mustafa Barakzai thi…
An estimated 13 million Bangladeshis are living abroad, temporarily and permanently, in as many as 162 countries. With the nu…
The national ID initiative will help simplify the remittance process for recipients, an analyst for the Economist Intelligenc…
This report examines different forms of diaspora finance around the world. Diaspora finance involves remittances, understood…
Over the past 18 months, the global remittance industry has evolved favorably despite being affected by lower employment in t…
I had an interview this past week with UnionBank’s Chief Economist, Carlo Asuncion, and the main headline then was that remit…
The domestic payments system in India has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade, thanks to innovations in real-time pa…
Remittances play a significant role in the global economy, as it provides a lifeline for several economies across much of the…
According to the financial regulator, Banco de Portugal (BdP), the Portuguese working in Angola sent 21.16 million €, which r…
Despite food insecurity being a key policy priority for aid organizations and governments around the world, the effects of re…
Somali migrants from around the world remit US$1.3-2 billion annually. This exceeds the total sum for humanitarian aid to Som…
Fiji recorded $332million in personal remittances for the first five months of this year. The Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) anno…
Remittance is the non-commercial transfer of money made by a worker working abroad to his country of origin. According to the…
For many Jamaicans, remittances from abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to an essential part of their survi…
This year, the International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) was observed on 16 June in conjunction with the Global Forum on…
Remittance Access and Innovation (RAI) programme The two-year, regional RAI programme is a partnership between IFAD’s Financi…
A commitment to family remittances and the COVID-19 pandemic Experiences of US migrants By: Manuel Orozco and Kathryn Klaas…
Leveraging the impact of remittances to spur inclusive development in Kenya Recent data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)…
On this special day, we would like to echo the UN Secretary General’s words: “let us seize the opportunity of the recovery fr…
Session I – Enhancing financial inclusion and resilience of remittance families Discussants: Marina Manke, Head, Labour Mobi…
REGISTRATION LINK AGENDA Remittances as a lifeline: one billion people and counting Meike Van Ginneken, Associate Vice-Presid…
This case study examines a pilot initiative carried out by the IFAD-supported Rural Youth Vocational Training, Employment and…