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In past years Moldova has become too dependent on the money people from abroad send to the country, experts say. “It’s like living on drugs and it’s called remittances,” says economist Ionita Veaceslav, who works for a social economic think thank IDIS Viitorul in Chisinau. He expects Moldova to be […]

The Migration and Remittances Working Group of the World Bank offers monitoring and forecast and timely analysis on topics such as remittances, migration, and diaspora issues for all countries, regions and income groups. read more

Gregory Watson, Team Leader of Climate Change at Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), presents ways of linking remittances and sustainability.

Dilip Ratha, Manager with the Migration and Remittances Unit of the World Bank, presents the newest evidence on the development impact of remittances in the post-crisis time. http://vimeo.com/16626088

The remittances that Mexican emigrants send home to their families from a recession-bound US has dropped by 14 per cent over the last year. Adam Thomson visited the small town of Sengio in the southern state of Michoacan to see how families and local businesses are being affected by the […]