El presente trabajo trata de brindar las tendencias de las remesas en América Latina y el Caribe durante 2012. El monto total de remesas recibido en la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) en el 2012 fue similar al del año anterior, alcanzando una tasa anual de crecimiento...

Beyond Small Change examines the phenomenon of migrant remittances in hopes of contributing to international understanding of remittances, promoting better policies and practices in this area, and turning migrant workers' hard-won resources into a source of development for their homelands. This...

Workers' remittances have become a major source of financing for developing countries and are especially important in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is at the top of the ranking of remittance receiving regions in the world. While there has been a recent surge in analytical work on the...

The aim of this paper is to provide comprehensive empirical evidence on the relationship between international remittances and income inequality. In simple cross-country regressions we find a non-monotonic link between these two variables when using ordinary least squares, instrumental...

Workers's remittances to Mexico represent one of Mexico's most important sources of foreign income, only second to petroleum sales. This paper attempts to measure the elasticity or responsiveness of healthcare use to remittances. Do remittances increase healthcare use by a large or a small...

This paper examines the impact of migration on education inequality in rural Mexico. Using data from the 1997 National Survey of Demographic Dynamics (ENADID), we first examine the impact of migration on educational attainment for males and females aged 12-15 and 16-18. We then build on the...

Guia educativo da CAIXA (instituição pública de poupança e crédito) sobre remessas de dinheiro do exterior para pessoas que moram no Brasil. O guia explica os conceitos básicos de envio e recebimento de remessas, bem como os demais serviços que a CAIXA oferece. O guia foi produzido como...

Guia informativo sobre os conceitos básicos das microfinanças para os clientes da CAIXA, uma poupança pública e instituição de crédito no Brasil. Programa de Remessas e Capacitação para Emigrantes Brasileiros e seus Beneficiários no Brasil.

Guia sobre os conceitos básicos de crédito, incluindo benefícios, riscos e produtos disponívels para os clientes da CAIXA, instituição pública de poupança e crédito. O guia foi produzido como parte do "Programa de Remessas e Capacitação para Emigrantes Brasileiros e seus...

Beyond Small Change examines the phenomenon of migrant remittances in hopes of contributing to international understanding of remittances, promoting better policies and practices in this area, and turning migrant workers' hard-won resources into a source of development for their homelands. This...