remittances

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Migrant Remittances Will Plummet. Here Is What That Means for Global Development
Michael Clemens
May 20, 2020
COVID-19 has cost millions of migrant workers their jobs, pushing families around the world into extreme poverty. On International Day of #FamilyRemittances, here are some actions governments and the private sector can take to cushion the blow.
Blog Post

Facebook’s Big Bet on Digital Currency: What Libra Could Mean for Global Payments and Remittances
Michael Pisa
June 25, 2019
For all its faults, Facebook does not lack ambition. The company’s announcement last week that it, along with other members of the newly-formed Libra Association, intends to create a new global digital currency is big news for global finance and the future of money.
CGD NOTE

Why Increasing Female Migration from Gender-Unequal Countries Is a Win for Everyone
Charles Kenny
and
Megan O'Donnell
December 19, 2016
Available evidence points to a superior payoff to female migration from gender-unequal countries to more gender-equal countries for the migrant, the sending country, and recipient country alike. This suggests that a policy by relatively gender-equal countries to provide entry preference to female ec...
Blog Post

Financial Stability Board Acts to Assess the Decline in Cross-Border Banking
Vijaya Ramachandran
and
Matt Juden
September 07, 2016
Last November, a CGD working group of experts convened to address the unintended consequences of anti-money laundering (AML) policies for poor countries, where they recommended that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) should take the lead on addressing problematic de-risking...