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Remittances
News
The
Remittance Lifeline
It is no secret these days that the funding of development
has gone private. BBC News Online, by Jeremy Scott-Joynt, March, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3516390.stm
Recent Publications
Remittances at USAID
Donor activities & areas of concern,
August 2004.
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_partnerships/gda/RemittancesatUSAID.doc
Financial Access for
Immigrants: The Case of Remittances
Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke at the Financial
Access for Immigrants: Learning from Diverse Perspectives conference.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, April, 2004.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2004/200404162/default.htm
Lessons from the US-Mexico
Remittances Corridor on Shifting from Informal to Formal Transfer
Systems. The World Bank. By Raúl
Hernández-Coss. November, 2004.
http://www1.worldbank.org/finance/html/amlcft/docs/Rem_CS/US-Mex_CS_Eng.pdf
Sending Money Home:
Remittances to Latin America from the US, 2004
The information contained in this survey
presents the first detailed state-by-state analysis of remittances
from the United States to Latin America. Inter-American Development
Bank, Multilateral Investment Fund, May, 2004. http://www.iadb.org/mif/v2/files/map2004survey.pdf
Sending Money Home:
Remittance to Latin America and The Caribbean
Held by the Inter-American Development Bank, Multilateral
Investment Fund. Lima, Peru, May 2004. http://www.iadb.org/mif/v2/files/StudyPE2004eng.pdf
Events
Upcoming
Events
Sending Money Home: An Analysis Of The
Remittance Market Between The United States And The Dominican
Republic. Sponsored by the Multilateral Investment
Fund - Inter-American Development Bank at the Columbia University,
NY, November 23, 2004. http://www.iadb.org/mif/v2/files/agendaREM_NY_Nov04.pdf
Recent
Events
International Conference on Remittances:
Development Impact, Opportunities for the Financial Sector
and Future Prospects
First global meeting of its type on this topic and attracted
over 100 participants from 42 countries. Organized by The Department
for International Development (DFID) and the World Bank. London,
October 2003.
http://www.livelihoods.org/hot_topics/migration/remittances.html
Shaping the Remittances Market by Shifting
to Formal Systems
Organized by The APEC Alternative Remittance Systems
(ARS) Working Group. Tokyo, Japan, June 2004.
http://www1.worldbank.org/finance/html/amlcft/Tokyo%20ARS%20symposium.htm
Newsletters
& Periodicals
Migrant Remittances
Newsletter
USAID has released the inaugural issue of “Migrant Remittances”,
a quarterly newsletter offering a forum to share information
about migrant remittances.
http://www.microlinks.org/ev_en.php?ID=3742_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
Useful
Links
World Bank Anti-Money
Laundering
Latest news reports, publications, events,
analysis, policy notes an more related to this topic from investment
banks, official institutions, IFIs, academia and others.
http://wbln1023.worldbank.org/html/FinancialSectorWeb.nsf/Searchresults1?openform&queryAnti-Money+LaunderingtypeLinkstopicsortAlphabet
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