Sustaining
Development for All ... potential source of
savings for low-income households is remittances. Last year, the flow of
remittances to Latin American and the Caribbean ...
Financial
Market Development ... MARKET DEVELOPMENT.
SUPPORT FROM THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP 18.10.
CAPITALIZATION OF REMITTANCES FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ...
Natural
Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Overview of Risk ...
able to send remittances in the case of a future disaster to his
relatives, providing an income smoothing mechanism.137 Private and public
transfers ...
Restoring
the Competitiveness of the Coffee Sector in Haiti ...
abroad. Remittances more than doubled from US$256 million in 1997 to
US$650 million in 2002, accounting for 19 percent of the GDP. It is
estimated ...
IDB
Group Support to the Microenterprise Sector (2000-2002) Achievements,
Lessons, and Challenges ... 3,500,000 SUBTOTAL
9,855,000 Initiatives on Remittances 1El Salvador 2001 Strengthening
Financial and Remittances Services 1,500,000 2Mexico 2001 ...
Foreign
Exchange Risk and Microfinance Institutions ...
alternative would be to attempt to assist MFIs in attracting remittances.
This would greatly enhance the liquidity of microfinance institutions ...
IDB
Group Support to the Microenterprise Sector (2000-2002) ...
on Remittances 1El Salvador 2001 Strengthening Financial and Remittances
Services 1,500,000 2Mexico 2001 Training in Fund Transfers To Develop ...
On
the Empirics of Sudden Stops: The Relevance of Balance-Sheet Effects ...
and X. 9 where Y is output of tradables and S are factor payments,
remittances abroad, etc. Now consider a Sudden Stop episode. Typically,
...
Oil,
Coffee and the Dynamic Commons Problems in Colombia ...
plus the difference between exports and remittances by private companies
operating in Colombia (under the assumption that this difference is used
...
Openness
and the International Allocation of Foreign Direct Investment ...
to deter FDI; surprisingly, neither do controls on the repatriation of
capital or on profit remittances. One could rationalize these results. ...
Impediments
to Risk Capital in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, and Mexico ...
Impediments to Risk Capital in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, and
Mexico. Report english. In the case of remittances of principal exceeding
...
Jamaica:
Trade, Integration and the Quest for Growth ...
GDP in 2002. A services account surplus (mainly tourism receipts) and
growing inflows of worker remittances (current transfers) helped mitigate
...
On
the Empirics of Sudden Stops: The Relevance of Balance-Sheet Effects ...
and X. 9 where Y is output of tradables and S are factor payments,
remittances abroad, etc. Now consider a Sudden Stop episode. Typically,
...
The
Sogesol Case - Business Roundtable on Financial Democracy ...
mortgage, consumer, micro credit, remittances & foundation •
Introduced most banking innovations (card, ATM, call center, phone
banking) ...
The
Informal Sector in Jamaica ... rate appreciation
and trade liberalization, a large fall in inflation, and remittances grew
significantly throughout the 1990s. Though government ...
Micro
Enterprise Americas, Edition 2006 ... improve
the bank’s image; and microfnance could be a key sector for future
developments, such as remittances , which have attracted a lot ...
Governance
in Suriname ... of incomes (particularly from
the informal sector and from foreign remittances); (c) the use of
eligibility as patronage; and (d) logistical ...
Agenda:
Exploring New Models to Serve the Majority: Public, Private and Civil
Society Partnerships ... some 1.6 million
members and 27% penetration in the CARICOM region. New products and
services will include international remittances and Debit ...
Health
Policies and Economic Blocks ... of them, at
least one third was born in Mexico. The remittances from Mexican residents
(permanent or temporary residents) correspond to the ...
How
Should Microfinance Institutions Best Fund Themselves? ...
Juan. 2004. Innovations in Microfinance: Long Term Loans, Remittances,
Costing. Washington, D.C.: Frontier Finance International. __________.
2003. ...
Microfinance
in Latin America and the Caribbean: How Large Is the Market? ...
include the number of clients with access remittances, deposits, payment
services or other type of financial services, and does not adjust ...
How
do Rules of Origin Affect Investment Flows? ...
WP-21. 2006. Globalization, Migration and Development: The Role of Mexican
Migrant Remittances (English, only in PDF format) Ernesto ...
Microfinance
in Latin America and the Caribbean: Connecting Supply and Demand ...
does not include the number of clients with access remittances, deposits,
payment services or other type of financial services. It also does ...
Health
Financing Innovations in the Caribbean: EHPO and the National Health Fund
of Jamaica ... agriculture, manufacturing,
industry and services. Only tourism and remittances have shown sustained
increases. Heavy foreign borrowing for ...
Equipment
Leasing and Lending ... fees charged on services
such as money transfers and remittances, sale of money orders , etc. ...
Human-Driven
Disasters: Violent Conflict, Terrorism and Technology ...
schemes depending on remittances and savings to compensatory finance to
stabilize export earnings; commodity prices; reducing the costs of ...
Growth
and External Financing in Latin America ...
profit remittances. None of the above considerations has referred to the
exchange rate regime and they thus equally apply to all such regimes. ...
Health
Policies and Economic Blocks ... of them, at
least one third was born in Mexico. The remittances from Mexican residents
(permanent or temporary residents) correspond to the ...
The
Housing Market in Colombia: Socioeconomic and Financial Determinants ...
American markets with respect to U.S. markets, and significant increases
in remittances from Colombians living abroad.2 We estimate that the ...
Fiscal
Sustainability in Emerging Market Countries with an Application to Ecuador
... Application to Ecuador. For instance, a fall in
the price of oil or sudden drop in the flows of remittances would reduce
resources available ...
Industrial
Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Turn of the Century ...
construction of that table: i) in some countries foreign firms are
exempted from the tax on profit remittances if the profits are reinvested;
...
Growth
and External Financing in Latin America ... and
the local subsidiary) and profit remittances. None of the above
considerations has referred to the exchange rate regime and they thus
equally ...
Does
Independence Matter? Case Studies from Colombia ...
multiple exchange system and taxes on coffee exports and overall
remittances were also part of the Account. These profits were transferred
as ...
Strategies
and Structures for Commercial Banks in Microfinance ...
nondeposit products such as insurance and remittances. Bangente, a
licensed bank in Venezuela—and a subsidiary of the much larger
Venezuelan ...
Fragmentation
and Agglomeration Matter: Japanese Multinationals in Latin America and
East Asia ... Fragmentation and Agglomeration
Matter: Japanese Multinationals in Latin America and East Asia. ?. 5
Regulations on foreign remittances, restrictions ...
What's
New in the New Regionalism in the Americas? ...
of profit remittances. ____________ 17 The Agreement=s deadlines called
for a common system of treatment of foreign capital, trade markets,
patents, ...
Jamaica
Joint Country Financial Accountability Assessment and Country Procurement
Assessment (CFAA/CPAR) ... percent. Remittances
constitute about 17 percent of GDP. Poor long-term growth performance has
exacerbated distributional conflicts and complicated ...
The
Knowledge Economy in Development: Perspectives for Effective Partnerships
... foster e-commerce and secure transactions that
do not involve cash. Electronic transmissions of remittances are crucial
for labor-rich impoverished ...
Social
Assistance, Poverty and Equity in the Dominican Republic ...
domestic and international remittances). Additionally, social assistance
per capita transfers are relatively small, which limits the impact ...
Macro
Impact with Micro Money ... introduced new
products and financial services, including drafts and domestic and
international transfers (remittances), fixed-term deposits ...
Fiscal
Sustainability, Debt Dynamics and Debt Relief: The Cases of Nicaragua and
Honduras ... NGOs to finance its public sector
expenditures. And fourth, remittances from migrants represent a very 20
There is general agreement that ...
Agricultural_Insurance_in_Mesoamerica
... importantly for Mesoamerica, effectively
channeling remittances (see Terry and Wilson 2005). The literature on such
low risk financial management ...
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Equipment
Leasing and Lending. A Guide for Microfinance ...
as money transfers and remittances, sale of money orders, management of
trust accounts, etc. ...
Equipment
Leasing and Lending ... fees charged on services
such as money transfers and remittances, sale of money orders , etc. ...
Principles
and Practices for Regulating and Supervising Microfinance ...
array of financial services, such as checking and savings accounts,
drafts, transfers, and even international payments and remittances, their
...
Inventory
of Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Programs in Latin América and
the Caribbean: A First Approximation ... Whereas
in Ecuador, as well as in Peru and Nicaragua, 36 reference is made to
remittances of citizens living abroad—sent among relatives—and...
Clients
in Context: The Impacts of Microfinance in Three Countries. ...
get income from microenterprises, salaried or wage employment, rental
property, casual labor, and remittances. Wage employment and rental income
...
Comparative
Analysis about the Monitoring and Evaluation Systems: Debate about the
Social Protection Policy and System. The Case of the Social Protection Net
Program from Nicaragua (Rps) ... receiving
financial houses of remittances sent from the exterior; (c) The promotion
of strategies of farming development by the IDR, in areas ...
The
Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean ...
of support (e.g., private sector development, corporate social
responsibility, remittances and development, trade, and science and
technology, ...
Brazilian
Economic Growth, 1900-2000: Lessons and Policy Implications ...
rate system that penalized traditional exporters (coffee, cotton, and
cocoa), nonessential imports, and most profit remittances. This system ...
Summary
of the Working Group Report on MIF Strategy ...
remittances to productive investments, and discounting receivables are
among the areas to be explored. f) Use of information technologies (IT):
...
CAFTA
and the Rural Economies of Central America ...
competitive, but can also make remittances from migrants more valuable.
Taylor and Materer (2002) find that if CAFTA causes the real exchange ...
MERCOSUR
2003-2004 Report ... net of capital outflows in
the form of remittances by foreign firms. For this reason they differ from
those represented in Section I.B. (a) ...
The
Housing Market in Colombia: Socioeconomic and Financial Determinants ...
American markets with respect to U.S. markets, and significant increases
in remittances from Colombians living abroad.2 We estimate that the ...
Fiscal
Sustainability in Emerging Market Countries with an Application to Ecuador
... Application to Ecuador. For instance, a fall in
the price of oil or sudden drop in the flows of remittances would reduce
resources available ...
Microfinance
of Housing: A Key to Housing the Low or Moderate-income Majority? ...
from neighbourhood money lenders, barter arrangements and communal
self-help, and remittances from family living abroad.(23) These funding
sources ...
Equipment
Leasing and Lending: A Guide for Microfinance ...
mainly just commissions and fees charged on services such as money
transfers and remittances, sale of money orders , etc. ...
Can
Financial Market Policies Reduce Income Inequality? ...
dividends, rents, remittances, pensions, etc.).15 Second, household
business income is distributed quite unequally, with a Gini coefficient
...
Social
Investment Funds and Indigenous Peoples ...
Social Investment Funds and Indigenous Peoples. Social Investment Funds
and Indigenous Peoples. The remittances sent from the United States are
...
Poverty
among the Indigenous Peoples of Nicaragua ...
Poverty among the Indigenous Peoples of Nicaragua. Poverty Among the
Indigenous Peoples in Nicaragua. A few more fortunate families receive ...
Land
Titling and Indigenous Peoples ... compete with
each other for markets for the same agricultural staples. Earnings from
migrant labor and remittances have thus proved an increasingly ...
Issues
in Indigenous Poverty and Development ...
including capital cities, often earning more than half of their income
outside agriculture, sending remittances from overseas, and in certain ...
Peoples
and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Guatemala ...
agriculture, rural employment or other economic pursuits. Remittances, of
obvious importance in departments like Huehuetenango and San Marcos ...
Women
in Poverty: A New World Underclass ... Botswana
and Uttar Pradesh, India, left behind to mind farm and family by migrant
husbands who sometimes do, and sometimes do not, send remittances ...
Micro-Finance
of Housing: A Key to Housing the Low or Moderate-Income Majority? ...
from neighbourhood money lenders, barter arrangements and communal
self-help, and remittances from family living abroad.(23) These funding
sources ...
Labor
Intermediation Services: Considerations and Lessons for Latin America and
the Caribbean from International Experience ...
in the region. In countries such as the Dominican Republic and El
Salvador, worker remittances from abroad are a key source of national
income ...
Labor
Intermediation Services: A Review for Latin America and Caribbean
Countries ... Dominican Republic and El
Salvador, worker remittances from abroad are a key source of national
income and effect, substantially, the operation ...
Pension
Reform in Small Emerging Economies: Issues and Challenges ...
the system’s dependency ratio) as migrants’ remittances to the country
of origin by-pass the pension system. One advantage from a fully funded
...
Wider
Caribbean Financial Sector Review ... Unit (EIU),
Intemational Financial Statistics (IFS). t Includes $600 in estimated
unofficial income and remittances. Historically, the Caribbean ...
Transboundary
Waters Management. Acta of the III Symposium on TWM 2006 ...
resulting from such factors as the inflow of informal capital (remittances
from overseas1), trade liberalisation with greater access to reliable ...
Does
a Mature AIDS Epidemic Threaten Growth? ... of
GDP (about 12 percent in 2000, excluding remittances). The current
aggregate stock of capital can be readily expressed as a function of past
...
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