Remittances and Development

Title Sub-title Leila Rispens-Noel, Programme Officer 2 November 2007 Migration, Remittances and Development

European Filipino Migrants Conference Converging Filipino Diaspora Global Initiatives for Sustainable Development November 2, 2007 Leila Rispens-Noel Programme Officer Bureau Popular Campaigning [email_address]

OXFAM NOVIB Oxfam Novib is a member of Oxfam International, an alliance of 12 Oxfam affiliates. In 1994, Oxfam Novib joined Oxfam International, a group of twelve independent, like-minded development organisations that are striving to achieve a more just world. The Oxfams work together with a total of 3,000 counterparts in 100 countries.

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Migration is the missing link between globalisation and development

United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) : 2006 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

2006: Top ten remittance-receiving countries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Regional share of remittances Source: IFAD

Remittances: the poor people helping themselves ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Impact of migration 1. Brain Drain 2. Social Cost 3. Peso appreciation 4. Use for consumption 5. Culture of Migration 6. Widens poverty in rural areas 1. Brain Gain 2. Capital gains through investments 3. Source of Foreign exchange 4. Investments on human capital (education) 5. Informal insurance for poor countries 6. Increase Credit-worthiness

Policy Interventions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Strategies to support diaspora organisations: From the margins to the mainstream ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Ethiopia: DIR ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],www.dirnet.nl

Mexico: Federación de Clubes Zacatecanos del Sur de California ,[object Object]

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