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Showing posts with label remittances. Show all posts

Showing posts with label remittances. Show all posts

Jan 24, 2010

Sending money home to Haiti from the U.S. proves difficult

Image by psd via Flickr By Peter Whoriskey Sunday, January 24, 2010; A11 MIAMI -- Even in normal times, the dingy money transfer stor...

Nov 12, 2009

Somali Money From Abroad Is a Lifeline at Home - NYTimes.com

Image via Wikipedia By MATTHEW SALTMARSH PARIS — As Somalis struggle to survive the chaos that has overtaken their country, a n...

Oct 23, 2009

Dollars Without Borders - Foreign Affairs

Image via Wikipedia Can the Global Flow of Remittances Survive the Crisis? Dilip Ratha DILIP RATHA is Lead Economist of the Migration and Re...

Aug 12, 2009

Money Sent Home by Latin American Expatriates to Drop

By MIRIAM JORDAN The amount of money Latin American expatriates send home is expected to drop by 11% in 2009, as the global rec...

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