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  UK Remittance market

  Department for International Development, UK, 2006

  This report examines existing information on the UK remittance industry, and synthesises good practices, data and emerging innovations relevant to remittances from the UK to developing countries.The paper finds that:information on the market size, market economics, lessons from other corridors and customer preferences/behaviour is needed by the industry to realise the potential of the m
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  Altruism and workers' remittances: evidence from selected countries in the Middle East and Central Asia

  International Monetary Fund, 2006

  Workers’ remittances have been playing an increasingly important role in the balance of payments of many countries and can significantly contribute to the strength of their external positions. Assessing the likely stability of remittance flows could be a valuable input to the analysis of their external vulnerabilities.
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  Remittances in crises: a Haiti case study

  Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006

  This study examines the role of remittances to Haiti’s third largest city, Gonaives, after it was destroyed by the September 2004 tropical storm Jean. The author finds that:migrant remittances make up a ‘chain of solidarity’, from neighbours, relatives living in other parts of the country, international humanitarian agencies, and overseas relatives.
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  Remittances as development finance

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005

  This brief paper discusses the literature on remittances in three areas: the developmental impact of remittances; policies to enhance the developmental impact of remittances; and remittances and migration policy.It highlights that the literature might over-emphasise the extent to which remittances are used for investment, but that remittances may initially concentrate on consumption and then be
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  Sending money home: a survey of remittance products and services in the United Kingdom

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report provides comparable and accessible information on the products and services available to people wanting to send money home from the UK to developing countries. The report aims to increase transparency on costs, speed of money transfer, and the coverage and customer service that banks, building societies and money transfer operators offer in the UK.
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  Remittances: the new development mantra?

  Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, 2003

  This paper examines remittance flows to developing countries.
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  Migrant remittances and development cooperation

  International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2005

  This report, commissioned by the Norwegian Development Agency (Norad), provides an overview of the development issues relating to remittances with the aim of providing a basis for making sound decisions on whether, how, and where to proceed with initiatives in this field.It examines the financial scale of the contribution which remittances make to developing country economies (particularly rela
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  Migrant remittances to developing countries: a scoping study: overview and introduction to issues for pro-poor financial services

  Bannock Consulting, 2003

  This study offers an introduction to remittances and their developmental contributions, with a particular focus on issues related to financial services.