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Applying a Gender Lens to Digital Remittances
Digital remittances can form a gateway to better financial health and inclusion for migrants and their families. Yet one key factor influencing remittance behavior is often overlooked: gender.
By Uloma Ogba, Julie Kamau, Marup Hossain, UNCDF
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How Do Digital Remittances Contribute to Women’s Financial Health?
Results from a UNCDF survey make clear the need for more gender-smart and migrant-centric remittance products.
By Uloma Ogba, Houle Cao, Julie Kamau, UNCDF
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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 brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Eliamringi Mandari, Amani Itatiro, UNCDF
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Formalizing Remittances for Forcibly Displaced People: Findings from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The lifeline provided by remittances can help advance financial inclusion among vulnerable populations.
By Micol Pistelli, Sabine Mensah, Amil Aneja
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Postal Remittances Are Not Immune to a Pandemic
Early trends point to a drop in remittance volumes as Posts step up to serve their communities in a time of crisis
By Saleh Khan, Universal Postal Union
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Can Mobile Wallets Increase Access to Remittances and Other Financial Services?
Home to more than 600,000 Syrian refugees, Jordan hosts the second highest ratio of refugees in the world - 89 refugees per 1,000 inhabitants. In this blog post, Amarante Consulting shares what they learned from evaluating the Dig#ttances project, which explored digital solutions for refugees and the unbanked in Jordan.
By Sahana Arun Kumar, Amarante Consulting
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International Remittances: Why Is the Shift to Digital So Slow?
The uptake of digital remittances has been slower than hoped. Are we on the edge of a rapid revolution, or will the switch happen gradually, over many years? And is digital origination a key to driving down remittance costs?
By Xavier Martín Palomas, Digital Frontiers Institute
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Remittances for Development: How Far Have We Come?
What will it take to bring the cost of remittance transfers down? Lessons from the Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development.
By Valdete Berisha, Microfinance Gateway