As coronavirus layoffs surge in richer countries, poorer ones lose vital remittance payments
CAIRO — Osigan Caseres lost her job as a maid in this city and no longer sends home $300 each
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Development
Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt
The economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis are increasingly hitting low- and middle-income countries and the poor. International travel restrictions
Read moreCOVID-19 could tank remittances, accelerate digitization
WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 outbreak is expected to cause a drastic decrease in remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean
Read moreThe impact of COVID-19 on remittances
As the world economy grinds to a halt with country after country shutting down in all but the most essential
Read moreCOVID-19: How Is the Pandemic Affecting Your Work and the Clients You Serve?
A discussion forum for the global financial inclusion and microfinance community As countries around the world take measures to protect
Read moreUrgent call to head off new debt crisis in developing world
Covid-19 crisis is raising borrowing costs for poorer nations just as commodity exports, tourism and remittances sent home fall Rapid
Read moreHungry, stranded and broke: Coronavirus travel bans hit migrant workers
Dinesh Bhandari spent two days travelling by bus from his village in rural Nepal to Kathmandu to get a permit
Read moreMigrants and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Remittances
This analysis by the Migration, Remittances and Development Program at the Inter-American Dialogue offers a glimpse of the potential impact
Read moreSecretary-General virtual press encounter on COVID-19 CRISIS
We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations — one that
Read moreHow Latinos saved American cities
After whites fled and before the ‘creative class’ moved in, immigrants kept urban neighborhoods alive. Chicago’s South Lawndale was just
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