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Analysis: Backstreet bankers

Funds sent to Burma via ‘hondi’ brokers give those with relatives working abroad a degree of freedom from state control that can be crucial for survival

Analysis: The Senegal brotherhood

A vast overseas population has made a city of what was 50 years ago a village

Analysis: Building Latin American futures

Innovation is enabling migrants’ relatives to benefit from mortgages and financial services

Analysis: Cashing in on homeward flows

Western Union and its new competitors are capitalising on the burgeoning market for cash transfers by migrant workers

Analysis: Filipinos’ mixed blessings

As part of a series on remittances, David Pilling and Roel Landingin tell how the Philippines leans on its diaspora

Analysis: The tale of globalisation’s exiles

In many countries, more money comes from remittances than aid, investment or exports

Analysis: The ultimate shotgun wedding

Ethnic Albanians return home each summer with small fortunes to marry and impress the locals

Kosovo waiting for funds

International assistance worth €1bn was put on hold after a donor conference led by the EU and the World Bank was postponed indefinitely

US migrant laws hit cash sent to Mexico

Legal restrictions targeting illegal immigrants have contributed to a sharp fall-off in the remittances sent to Mexico from a number of US states, according to a new survey

Migration found to help girls left at home

Migration has a positive impact on girls’ education, healthcare and fertility rates in countries that export labour, according to a study by the World Bank published in Cairo.


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