Remittances

Your Wad Is My Bond: Are Diaspora Bonds Worth the Risk for Diaspora Africans?

Dele Meiji Fatunla | Posted 05.27.2012

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Dele Meiji Fatunla

Where remittances are often sent in response to family and community needs, diaspora bonds are a direct investment in the economy at the national level. Even though they are being explored for the first time by African governments, the idea of issuing diaspora bonds is not new.

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Remittances Rebound But Pressures Persist

Otaviano Canuto | Posted 07.26.2011

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Otaviano Canuto

Remittance flows are sometimes the most important source of income that families in developing countries can rely on. Unless the transfer costs can be reduced, their impact on reducing poverty will not reach its full potential.

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Helping Immigrants Build Somalia's Future, One School At A Time

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.26.2011

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"You don't have to look far to see the difference education makes in peoples lives," said Hodan Guled. Hodan fled Somalia with her parents as the c...

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The Deportation Regime

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arlene M. Roberts

Freedom of movement, the ability to cross borders, to create a new life in an adopted homeland is a goal to which many aspire - and even achieve. Imm...

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Sensational Cases Expose Conditions Faced by Overseas Workers Throughout Asia

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

Each year, inhabitants of the least-developed Asian countries pursue the economic benefits of overseas employment despite the high social cost at home and possibility of injury at the hands of employers abroad.

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Standing Tall With 2,500 of Our Closest Friends

Janet Murguía | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janet Murguía

I just got back from the White House, where I watched President Obama sign the banking reform bill, and I reflected on what a significant victory it is for Hispanics and other minorities pursuing the American Dream.

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A Migration Summit To Address Shrinking Birth Rates

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Feffer

The Russians and Japanese, as well as Europeans, are not having enough children to replace themselves. Only by lowering the barriers to citizenship can shrinking countries revive their economies

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Remittances To Latin America, Caribbean Nations To Decline This Year After A Decade Of Growth

McClatchy | Lesley Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The slumping global economy is slowing the amount of money that migrant workers send home to their families in Latin America and the Car...

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World's Poor Left To Fend For Themselves As Rich Nations Cope With Budget Pressures

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

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Developing countries may face a financing gap of $270bn to $700bn this year as trade income dwindles and rich nations vie for capital to deal with a g...

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Yearly Mexican Remittances Drop Significantly

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — The money sent home by Mexican migrants fell in 2008 for the first time on record, Mexico's central bank said Tuesday _ part of a ...

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Life Harder For World's Poor As Remittances Begin To Slow

Nytimes.com | SABRINA TAVERNISE | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOSH-TEPPA, Tajikistan -- In poverty-stricken Tajikistan, the global financial crisis is measured in bags of flour. At least that is how Bibisoro ...

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