This analysis outlines current trends and issues regarding the Latin American and Caribbean remittance markets and provides a statistical summary of its size, its demographic characteristics, and its economic impact.

This document was commissioned by the Natural Disaster Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IV Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on February 26th and 27th, 2004.

As entrepreneurs explore markets abroad, migrant workers driven by family values search abroad for comparative advantages. The challenge is to provide adequate financial infrastructure for families to use remittances more effectively.

This report compressed the results of a four-month initiative to identify unmet needs and market opportunities in Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs profitably.

The primary objective of this document is to put forward standard definitions for the selected financial terms, and suggest a standard method of calculating certain financial ratios. This section defines certain key financial accounts used by MFIs. The definitions are provided in two main...

This paper describes the dynamic, weighted model on the microfinance business environment, built by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and supported with financing and advice by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Andean Development Corporation (Corporación Andina de Fomento, CAF).

Efforts by transnational families, money transfer and financial institutions, public authorities, civil society, and international organizations to improve regulatory and institutional frameworks are necessary to unleash the full development potential of remittances.