Entering the remittances market should allow microfinance institutions (MFIs) reaching their social and financial objectives, and should also contribute increasing the economic impact of remittances in receiving countries. In this paper we evaluate the involvement of Latin American and Caribbean...

Remittances (money sent home by migrants) to developing countries are estimated to have reached USD 325 billion in 2010. In the thesis we focus on the share of remittances that is saved by the receivers and wonder how to maximize its impact on domestic investment. Through a set of questions, we...

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human capital with two dimensions of immigration policy:...

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human capital with two dimensions of immigration policy:...

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants’ education both theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants’ human capital with two dimensions of immigration policy:...

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human capital with two dimensions of immigration policy:...

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human capital with two dimensions of immigration policy:...