Resources by Amil Aneja

Flagship Reports

Migrant Money Annual Report 2022: Beyond sending money back home: remittances and migrant-centred sustainable development

UNCDF proposes a reimagining of migrant money in a way that unlocks its true power—as much more than just a way to move funds from point A to point B,…

Migrant Money Notes

Approaches to Evaluating and Estimating Informal Remittance Flows in Developing Economies

Remittances are emerging as one of the largest sources of external finance for many least developing countries, yet their exact size often remains unknown to policymakers and the private sector…

Articles and Case Studies

Understanding Informal Remittances

Understanding channels and volumes of informal remittance flows are equally essential for policy-makers. Beyond policy and regulatory efforts to formalize remittance flows, central banks should consider developing more robust models…

Flagship Reports

Remittance Reporting and Analysis System

Based on recent consultations with over 30 regulators, central banks acknowledge that the way they think about remittances data is changing, as there is an ever-growing need for detailed insights…

Assessment Guides

Regional Remittance Policy and Regulatory Framework

This guide is designed to help regional economic secretariats, policymakers, regulators and development partners with assessments of the existing remittance-related policy and regulatory frameworks. It is intended to help identify…

Exploratory Papers

Diaspora Micro-Savings Products

The paper sets out to specify the scope, key functional and non-functional policies, marketing policies, financial policies, and partnership policies necessary for a micro-savings product (M-savings bonds) that could be…

Articles and Case Studies

Formalizing Remittances for Forcibly Displaced People: Findings from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is home to 10 percent of the world’s entire population of internally displaced people – the largest such situation in Africa, with an…

Articles and Case Studies

Bangladesh Faces a Crisis in Remittances Amid COVID-19

The economic importance of the more than 10 million migrants from Bangladesh who sent close to $18 billion in 2019 cannot be overstated. International remittances normally represent around 7% of…

Articles and Case Studies

Migrant Remittances in the Times of Covid-19: Insights From Remittance Service Providers

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, many migrants were already part of marginalized and vulnerable groups experiencing economic hardships in their countries of origin and host communities. Lockdowns and business closures…