Finance Companies send remittances too!
We all know that immigrants send money home, but did you know that large corporations and international enterprise do the same? They start their businesses in the developing world and [...]
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Cash Backs in Bulgaria – an Easy Solution or a Timebomb?
Peter, his wife and their two small children are a middle class family who own a two-bedroom apartment in a central location in Varna, Bulgaria’s third largest city. They have [...]
Leaving home: Bolivia´s mass labor migration and the impact of remmittances
The question of how much good remittances are doing to our countries is very difficult to answer. The first and most obvious answer is that they are definitely doing good [...]
Romania: The EU’s Largest Receiver of Remittances
Strawberry nouveaux riches We’ve invented a new word and a social category for them. We call them “capsunari” – which roughly translates as “strawberry-picker,” a term which doesn’t, however, convey [...]
Migrants in Spain: More remittances, worse conditions
The amount of remittances sent from Spain is rising again after two years of fall. Even if this could imply an improvement of the situation of migrants, it actually proves [...]
The Abandoned Park in Gyumri
To put it simply, this country won’t survive without its labour migrants…
Remittances to Drought/Famine-Affected Households in Northern Kenya
Women and children are the ones most susceptible to the effects of drought and famine which is why it is important to consider ways to make remittances more accessible to [...]
How is Africa Benefitting from Labour Migration?
The migration of skilled professionals, or the brain drain as it is popularly known, is believed to impact negatively on the migrant’s home country. It usually involves the transfer of [...]
Milking the Cash Back Cow: Youth Unemployment and Labor Migration in Central America
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A One-Way Ticket: Polish Emigration in the EU
Polish emigrants are safe and sound abroad. Government plan (or rather a slogan) of them coming back is a wishful thinking. Why? Poland doesn’t offer anything that would be beneficial for them, as you can earn for the whole year living in Poland just in 4 months in the UK.
Remittances, Migration and Youth Unemployment in India
My work requires me to take auto rickshaw rides every now and then, and on two such occasions I encountered two young men who spoke fluent English which rather took [...]
“Cash Back”: Diaspora Remittances to Somalia
As of May 2011, annual remittances to the continent of Africa exceeded 40 billion US dollars. According to the World Bank, remittances to sub-Saharan Africa totaled 21.5 billion USD. “Cash [...]
The Curious Case of the Disappearing Talents
Not too many years ago I used to commute regularly with three brothers, all of whom were students in one of the most reputable schools in the city. The eldest [...]
Cambodia: The Two Sides of Intra-Asian Migration
Migration is a worldwide phenomenon from which Cambodia is no exception. After a long decade of isolation due to genocide and political conflict, this country is now integrated with regional [...]
Finding luck in the ‘lucky country’
One of the key motivating factors for many of the refugees and migrants I know to make the (often treacherous) journey to Australia is the hope that in the future, [...]
“Cash Back:” Remittances from the African Diaspora
The African diaspora is comprised of over 30 million emigrants from Africa‘s 54 nations. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) estimates that each year the African diaspora contributes about [...]
Mexico’s 3×1 Programs Aims to Channel Remittances
The remittances sent home from Mexicans working in the US adds entries to both sides of the balance sheet. First, the negative: the billions of dollars sent from immigrants living [...]
Cash Back: North African Migration to Turkey
Usually, when we speak about “emigration destinations” for North African countries, we mean Europe, USA, Canada, and some Gulf countries. As the borders of these countries become more and more [...]
Hungary: migration westwards and the response of the center-right government
Population drift to the West is a common thing for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe as the opening of the labor market now offers people more job opportunities [...]
Remittances from a Refugee
Kathy*, originally from Papua New Guinea, fled her home country and arrived in Australia late last year. Living as an asylum seeker in Australia is tough, despite what the media [...]
Migrant Workers’ Rights and Social Media
Even in midst of political and social upheaval, the Middle East and Gulf states still continue to attract thousands of migrant workers from South Asia, including workers from Nepal. Every year thousands of young people [...]
Illegal Immigrants’ Dilemma in Sending Money Home
Just like other Middle Eastern people, the people of South Asian region – especially of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India – dream of being rich and setting up in some [...]
Poor economic times can cause political tensions over remittances in developed countries
For many in the West, particularly Americans, remittances play a relatively inconsequential role in their daily routine. This is somewhat unsurprising given the fact that in the overall context of [...]
El Salvador depending on remittances for its economic survival
It is no joke when we say in El Salvador that our main export product is human beings: from the total population of 8.5 million, it is estimated [...]
Big City Boys (and Girls)
An article exploring a curious animal – the megacity – and ways in which cities offer solutions to future challenges they themselves created. Skyscrapers, concrete, steel, smog, sewage, slums, traffic [...]
