This paper provides information about the amount of remittances received by countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2012. The authors state that this number is nearly the same as in the previous year, resulting in a practically null rate of growth at the regional level. Since the...

This paper deals with remittance trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, including statistics and indicators. In 2010, remittance flows to Latin America and the Caribbean marked the end of the downward trend brought on by the 2008-2009 global financial and economic crisis. The overall...

Migration, while certainly not new, is on the increase all over the world. Indeed, the United Nations estimates that from 1990 to 2000 alone, the number of people who left their countries of origin rose by 14 percent, from 154 million to 175 million. The phenomenon is not only growing, but is...

Results and analysis of a poll in Brazil of remittance recipients

Results and Analysis of a poll in the U.S. on immigrants remittances senders.

This report is a comparative study of worldwide transfer costs to nine countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and specifically at costs for immigrants to send money from major sending countries including from the United States. It also compares these international trends with costs and trends of...

Study on the characteristics of the remittance flow to Ecuador, the transfer of Remittances and the Banking System

Results and analysis of a poll of major remittance senders and charts of the origin of remittances by state in the continental United States.

Research project on ways to improve Latin American immigrants¿ access to the U.S. banking system focused on access issues related to recent Latin American immigrants and particular attention to best practices in account opening procedures and providing remittance Products. Research also...

This paper reports on the continued increase in remittances to Latin America, but also analyzes cost changes and the entry of new players, such as banks, into the Mexican market. The analysis looks at data on prices and exchange rates provided by over 100 money transfer institutions. This report...