Resources

Some of the leading sources of information and publications on remittances are listed below. Further information on publications on remittances can be found at the World Bank Payments and Remittances website.

Country specific remittance websites:

The following databases do not necessarily follow the methodology of the World Bank's Remittance Prices Worldwide database

• Australia: www.sendmoneypacific.org
• France: www.envoidargent.org (French)
• Germany: www.geldtransfair.de (German)
• Mexico: www.profeco.gob.mx/envio/envio.asp (Spanish)
• Netherlands: www.geldnaarhuis.nl (Dutch)
• New Zealand: www.sendmoneypacific.org
• Norway: www.sendepenger.no
• UK: www.sendmoneyhome.org and www.moneymove.org

Featured websites:

• General Principles for International Remittance Services
• World Bank Payment Systems and Remittances
• Bank for International Settlements
• Western Hemisphere Payments & Securities Settlement Forum
• Commonwealth of Independent States Payments Initiative
• World Bank's Migration and Remittances Team

Other sites:

• Multilateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Development Bank
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• Department for International Development (DFID)
• Inter-American Dialogue Remittances Page
• International Organization for Migration

Publications:

• Outlook for Remittance Flows 2009-2011: Remittances expected to fall by 7-10 percent in 2009. The World Bank, by D. Ratha, S. Mohapatra and A. Silwal. July 2009.
• Measuring Payment System Development. The World Bank, by M. Cirasino and J.A. Garcia. January 2009.
• Remittances in Times of Financial Instability Impact of The Financial Crisis on Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean. Remittances Program Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (2009).
• Balancing Cooperation and Competition in Retail Payment Systems: Lessons from Latin America Case Studies, The World Bank, coordinated by M. Guadamillas. November 2008.
• Payment Systems Worldwide: A Snapshot. Outcomes of the Global Payment Systems Survey 2008. The World Bank. June 2008.
• Revised Outlook for Remittance Flows 2009-2011. The World Bank, by D. Ratha and S. Mohapatra. March 2009.
• Outlook for Remittances Flows 2008-2010. The World Bank, by D. Ratha, S. Mohapatra and Z. Xu. November 2008.
• Migration & Remittances Fact Book 2008. The World Bank. March 2008.
• Reforming Payments and Securities Settlement Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. by M. Cirasino, J.A. Garcia , M. Guadamillas, and F. Montes-Negret (2006).
• Making Money Transfers Work for Microfinance. Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), The World Bank (2006).
• Do Workers’ Remittances Promote Financial Development? The World Bank, by R. Aggarwal, A. Demirgüç-Kunt, and M.S. Martinez Peria (2006).

Newsletters and Journals:

• Access Finance Newsletter, World Bank
• Money Transfers Newsletter, IAMTN
• Migrant Remittances Newsletter, DFID, USAID, DAI.