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UNCDF Migrant Money is always expanding our projects and diversifying partnerships to improve migrant remittances and related financial services – browse our updates, as well as our calls for applications below.

UNCDF and the Govt. of Bangladesh’s Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment collaborate to improve the migrant financial resilience ecosystem in Bangladesh

06 April 2023

UNCDF and the Govt. of Bangladesh collaborate to help drive access to and usage of migrant-centric, gender-responsive remittance-linked financial services for migrants and their families’ financial resilience in Bangladesh

UNCDF and the Access to Insurance Initiative to drive access to migrant insurance and pension, including climate disaster risk insurance

15 March 2023

UNCDF and the Access to Insurance Initiative sign an agreement of collaboration to develop and deepen understanding of regulatory challenges around migrant insurance, pension, and climate and disaster risk insurance.

UNCDF and “Banque des États de l’Afrique Centrale” (BEAC) announce an agreement to improve the policy and regulatory environment for Digital Financial Services in the CEMAC region

07 February 2023

The United Nations Capital Development Fund, or UNCDF, announced today that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC)—the central bank…

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Applying a Gender Lens to Digital Remittances

20 December 2022

FinDev Gateway

Insights from UNCDF’s research on how digital remittance services can advance women’s financial inclusion and health.

End of the Year Reflections on the Future of Remittances Reporting and Analysis

16 December 2022

GVG

For International Migrants Day in December, the Global Voice Group (GVG) interviews Paloma Monroy, Senior Remittance Policy Specialist at the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)’s Migration and Remittances porgramme,…

Central Banks and UN Working to Improve Remittance Data

22 August 2022

Central Banking

Central banks and UN working to improve remittance data: Flows are critical income sources for many economies, but data is often limited

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For an overview of the issues around migration and remittances, including UNCDF Migrant Money's desired future, visit our Why Migrant Money page for a discussion of our approach to this work, visit the How We Work page and for brief bios of UNCDF Migrant Money’s team of experts, browse our Team page.

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Andrea Petkovic Lead Communications Specialist New York City migrantmoney@uncdf.org +1-212-906-6565