Remittances
A remittance is a transfer of money, often by a foreign worker to an individual in their home country. Money sent home by migrants competes with international aid as one of the largest financial inflows to developing countries. Workers' remittances are a significant part of international capital flows, especially with regard to labor-exporting countries.According to the World Bank, in 2018 overall global remittance grew 10% to US$689 billion, including US$528 billion to developing countries. Overall global remittance is expected to grow 3.7% to US$715 billion in 2019, including US$549 billion to developing nations.Due to its large diaspora and overseas expats …
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UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 30 April 2024 English
Since March 2020, there has been an explosion of analyses about the short-term impact and future consequences of long COVID on international relations. This unprecedented crisis demands that we think …
pandemic were felt most acutely. For example, remittances, which comprise approximately 20 percent of the …
CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 27 March 2024 English
The report follows the publication of Safe at Work, Unsafe at Home: COVID-19 and Temporary Foreign Workers in Prince Edward Island in 2021 and Unfree Labour: COVID-19 and Migrant Workers …
parents. Ten workers noted they regularly sent remittances back home, generally on a bi-weekly basis, through … specific individuals to help coordinate their remittances via WhatsApp. Three participants detailed challenges …
CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 6 March 2024 English
The opinions and recommendations in this report, and any errors, are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funders of this report. [...] 12 …
following insight into her experience of providing remittances from Canada before the onset of COVID-19: It’s … unemployed family members, whose dependency on remittances increased during the pandemic. As one participant …
Canadian Council for International Cooperation · 28 February 2024 English
Concur- rently, the world is witnessing the rise of the far right, a trend increasingly accompanied by the repression of rights and freedoms and the shrinking of civil society space. …
Indigenous, leaders remain vastly underfunded. Remittances are both overlooked and untapped as source of … inequality and advancing sustainable development. Remittances proved resilient de- spite COVID-19, reaching …
Wilson Center Canada · 1 February 2024 English
migration for development, of multilateralism: indivisibility, generalized taking advantage of remittances and brain gain or principles of conduct, and diffuse reciprocity. [...] The payoff for migrant- …
indivisibility, generalized taking advantage of remittances and brain gain or principles of conduct, and …
AIC: Agricultural Institute of Canada · 30 January 2024 English
International Day of Women and Girls in Science International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an annual observance that celebrates the achievements and contributions of women and girls …
access to services such as health care, cash, remittances, and food distribution plays a significant role …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 30 January 2024 English
It’s certainly no secret that IISD Experimental Lakes Area is a place where world-class and unique scientific approaches to discovering what threatens the health of our fresh water truly thrive.
Government remittances payable Accounts payable and accrued liabilities include government remittances payable …
ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 30 January 2024 English
Add to this the killings of thousands in each of the conflicts in Ethiopia, Myanmar and Yemen; the civil war in Sudan, with at least 9,000 killed and another 5.6 …
total population growth by a wide margin.98 Remittances, financial or in-kind transfers made by immigrants …
MiningWatch Canada · 10 January 2024 English
Arrest of the Five Santa Marta Water Defenders On January 11, 2023, on the orders of the Attorney General of the government of Nayib Bukele, police arrested six men, five …
Administration 18 crumbling economy held up only by remittances. More than one-fifth of the population of El … Salvador lives in the United States and their remittances accounted for 25 percent of the GDP in 2021.⁹⁸ …
Global Risk Institute in Financial Services · 18 December 2023 English
In the latter, the issuer creates the tokens, sells them on the open market, and deposits the proceeds in high-quality assets. [...] The arbitrageur's actions should raise the demand for …
employed as workers in other countries. Such remittances are typically sent in stronger Western currencies … cross-border transactions. Additionally, recipients of remittances might opt to use foreign stablecoins directly …
