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Migrant Money Notes

Designing digital remittances for migrant domestic workers Pt.2

The low uptake of digital remittances, particularly among women migrants, could be linked to the growing disconnect between the products available to migrants and their real needs and behaviours as…

Migrant Money Notes

Designing digital remittances for migrant domestic workers Pt.1

The customer archetypes highlight mostly the customer needs and behaviours regarding the choice and adherence to remittances and financial services. Once they have been identified, RSPs can leverage customer archetypes…

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New Directive Key to Formalise Remittances, Keep them Flowing

An amended National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) directive increases permissible forex holdings by 15pc and eases restrictions on use. It is the right step to encourage inbound forex flows through…

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Can Focused Policy Reforms Help Bring Back Remittances?

How the Ethiopian government is tackling the challenge of declining remittances and economic contraction

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Making It Easier for Migrants to Send and Save

The National Bank of Ethiopia’s (NBE’s) new “Establishment and Operation of Foreign Currency Saving Account for Residents of Ethiopia, Non-Resident Ethiopians and Non-Residents of Ethiopian Origin, Directives No. EX1V 68…

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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…

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Putting People First: Africa Leads the Way on Reimagining Remittance Regulations

Differing rules and regulations mean that what should be a simple act – sending one’s own money back home – is often a source of confusion and stress for migrants.…

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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…

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Nepal Faces a Crisis as COVID-19 Stems the Flow of Remittances

Remittances represent more than a quarter of Nepal’s economic output. The pandemic means migrant workers have swapped the risk of death or injury at work with the reality of poverty…