Remittance Services Providers: Beyond a Money Transfer Service; Socially Responsible Companies 2021
Money sent by migrant workers to families and friends in their countries of origin is usually referred to as remittances. This money is an important part of the income of millions of families worldwide, and thus contributes to the reduction of poverty. During 2019, it was estimated that there were around 272 million international migrants […]
Technical assistance to IFAD’s FINCLUDE: Leveraging the use of remittances towards rural development
FINCLUDE is a development programme designed to improve the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable households – smallholders and microentrepreneurs – in rural Eswatini through increasingly profitable and resilient links to markets and appropriate financial services. FINCLUDE provides finance, facilitates access to markets, provides risk management support, and builds capacity. Read the results of the programme
Remittance Access and Innovation (RAI) programme
The two-year, regional RAI programme is a partnership between IFAD’s Financing Facility (FFR) for Remittances and Cenfri. Its aim is to support sustainable development by transforming remittance ecosystems to improve financial inclusion in Africa. Project Brochure
Enhance Rural Remittances through Savings and Credit Associations in Moldova
During last year, time span marked by a serious worldwide socio-economic impact of the pandemic, National Commission for Financial Market of Moldova (NCFM) – the beneficiary of the Grant Agreement “Supporting the IFAD Rural Resilience Project in Moldova – Development of Capacity-Building of the Savings and Credit Associations” provided by International Fund for Agricultural Development […]
Promoting financial literacy in Indonesia
Access Advisory prepares a video on how to manage your remittances/finances as part of the Training Assistance for Youth Entrepreneurship Programme and Employment Support (YESS) on the occasion of the International Day of Family Remittances.
Recovery and Resilience through Digital and Financial Inclusion
The International Day of Family Remittances is celebrated every year on the 16th of June. It is an occasion for IAMTN, its members, and the entire cross-border remittance industry to honour the major positive impact stemming from the billions in remittances sent every year by migrant workers to their families. Remittances have always been a […]
Mobile money and international remittances: Enabling recovery during COVID-19
Since 2016, the GSMA has supported the International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) – adopted by the United Nations General Assembly – which is observed annually on 16 June. This year, the GSMA is continuing to support the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the custodian of the IDFR, by endorsing its theme: “Recovery and Resilience through Digital and […]