Microfinance and Migrant Remittances

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• Bibliography on Microfinance and Migrant Remittances

• Policy options for increasing the benefits of remittances
• Beyond Remittances: The Role of Diaspora in Poverty Reduction in their Countries of Origin
• Understanding the Implications of Migration for Pro-poor Agricultural Growth
• The Impact of remittances from Zimbabweans Working in South Africa on Rural Livelihoods in the Southern Districts of Zimbabwe
• Migration, Return and Socio-Economic Change in West Africa: The Role of Family
• Xawilaad: the importance of overseas connections in the livelihoods of Somali refugees in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya
• Access to Financial Services in South Africa: A brief case study of the effect of the implementation of the Financial Action Task Force Recommendations
• Migrant Labor Remittances in Africa:Reducing Obstacles to Developmental Contributions
• African Families, African Money Bridging the Money Transfer Divide: A study on the South African money transfer
• Migrant Worker Remittances,Micro-finance and the Informal Economy: Prospects and Issues

• Ammassari, Savina. 2003. "From Nation-Building to Entrepreneurship: the Impact of Élite Return Migrants in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana."Paper presented at the International Workshop on Migration and Poverty in West Africa, March 13-14, University of Sussex.
• Buch, Claudia M., Anja Kuckulenz, and Marie -Hélène Le Manchec. 2002. "Worker Remittances and Capital Flows."Working Paper, Kiel Institute of World Economics.
• Buencamino, Leonindes, and Sergei Gorbunov. 2002. "Informal Money Transfer Systems: Opportunities and Challenges for Development Finance."DESA Discussion Paper no. 26, United Nations.
• de Haan, Arjan. 2000. "Migrants, Livelihood and Rights: The Relevance of Migration in Development Policies."Social Development Working Paper no. 4, Department for International Development, London.
• Docquier, Frédéric, and Hillel Rapoport. 2004. "The Economics of Migrants’ Remittances."In Handbook on the Economics of Reciprocity, Giving and Altruism, ed. L.-A. Gerard- Varet, S.-C. Kolm, and J. Mercier Ythier. Amsterdam: Elsevier North-Holland.
• El-Qorchi, Mohammed, Samuel M. Maimbo, and John F. Wilson. 2002. "Hawala: How Does This Informal Funds Transfer System Work, and Should It Be Regulated?"Finance and Development 39(4), December 2002, Internatiional Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.
• EL-Sakka, Mohammed. 1997. "Migration Remittances: Policy Options for Host and Countries of Origin."Department of Economics, Kuwait University.
• Gammeltoft, Peter. 2002. "Remittances and Other Financial Flows to Developing Countries."Centre for Development Research Working Paper 02.11, Copenhagen, August.
• Jost, Patrick, and Harjit Singh Sandhu. 2002. "The Hawala Alternative Remittance System and Its Role in Money Laundering."Interpol, Austria.
• NOMRA. 1998. "International Migration and Africa: Trends and Prospects for the 21st Century.” UNESCO, Paris.
• Orozco, Manul. 2003. "Worker Remittances: An International Comparison."Working Paper commissioned by the Multilateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Development Bank, February.
• Rutten, Lamon, and Okey Oramah. 2003. "Pre-financing Migrant Remittance Flows in Support of Agricultural Development in Africa."Economics Working Paper Archive, Washington University in Saint Louis.
• Sander, Cerstin , Altemius Millinga, and Peter Mukwana. 2001. "Passing the Buck—Money Transfer Systems: The Practice and Potential for Products in Tanzania and Uganda.” MicroSave-Africa, Kenya.

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