Remittances : development impact and future prospects /

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TextPublication details: Washington, DC : World Bank, c2005.Description: xx, 378 pISBN:

0821357948 (pbk.)
9780821357941

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339.32'009172'4 REM

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HG3877 .R46 2005

Summary: It looks at new technologies that allow remittance service providers to reduce direct transaction costs and open new channels, enhancing convenience for remitters and improving levels of transparency and accountability for regulators and policy makers.The book also establishes a baseline for further research and collaborative effort, showing the areas where the international financial institutions, particularly the World Bank, can add value to enhance the positive impact of remittance flows and minimize less welcome effects. This book is intended for remittance service providers, as well as policy makers and researchers interested in financial sector, migration and development issues.

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Proceedings of a 2003 conference organized by the Department for International Development, IMF, and World Bank.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

It looks at new technologies that allow remittance service providers to reduce direct transaction costs and open new channels, enhancing convenience for remitters and improving levels of transparency and accountability for regulators and policy makers.The book also establishes a baseline for further research and collaborative effort, showing the areas where the international financial institutions, particularly the World Bank, can add value to enhance the positive impact of remittance flows and minimize less welcome effects. This book is intended for remittance service providers, as well as policy makers and researchers interested in financial sector, migration and development issues.

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