Attached is the second issue of MIGRANT REMITTANCES, a quarterly newsletter offering a forum to share information about migrant remittances (debates, new developments or initiatives, new data, case studies, and publications). It is distributed electronically only and contains links to access more information on the internet.

The theme for the November issue is domestic and intra-regional remittances.  While much of the international discussion revolves around remittance corridors between high-income industrial economies and developing countries, both intraregional and domestic migration and economic contributions are very common and important.  This edition of the newsletter highlights the existence and importance of remittance flows in domestic and regional markets where the lack of attractive and accessible financial services for money transfers has high transaction and opportunity costs.  The newsletter also offers updates on new initiatives, events, and papers or publications.

Future issues will feature different remittance topics depending also on readers’ interests and contributions.  Suggestions include: ’the last mile’ challenges of money transfer services, technologies, and regulations.  

To view the Migrant Remittances Newsletter, click on the link below. 

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MIGRANT REMITTANCES is aimed at USAID staff, financial services practitioners, and all other interested parties.  It is edited and produced on behalf of USAID’s AMAP Financial Services Knowledge Generation project led by Development Alternatives, Inc. and its partners Bannock Consulting and ACCION International.  AMAP is USAID’s Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project, its newest knowledge generation initiative in microfinance and development finance.

If you would like to receive future issues of the newsletter, please send an email to remittance@bannock.co.uk

Send details of any events, ideas and information that you might have for forthcoming issues to
cerstin_sander@bannock.co.uk (cerstin_sander@bannock.co.uk).

Publication Date
11-30-2004 Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Content Language
English