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NEW YORK, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) - Haiti"s economy depends on the estimated US$1.5 billion a year in remittances sent home by its million-strong diaspora. Dilip Ratha, lead economist at the World Bank, said the figure could be even higher, accounting for perhaps half the national income. The money ...
Read Story at IRINNews (2010-03-12)
Port-au-Prince, Friday Related Stories Thousands missing in Haiti quake Haiti: 200,000 feared dead as tensions rise Strong aftershock hits Haiti as troops arrive Haiti aid picks up, doctors fear disease risk Haiti quake survivors sleep in streets Haiti is marking a national day of ...
Read Story at Daily Nation (2010-02-12)
PORT-AU-PRINCE Related Stories Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake "Thousands" feared dead in big Haiti quake Haiti quake survivors sleep in streets World gears up to help quake-stricken Haiti Haiti aid picks up, doctors fear disease risk A 25-year-old woman was pulled from the ruins of ...
Read Story at Daily Nation (2010-01-20)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Tuesday Related Stories Thousands missing in Haiti quake "Thousands" feared dead in big Haiti quake Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake Haiti to move quake survivors Haiti quake survivors sleep in streets A man pulled alive from the rubble of a building ...
Read Story at Daily Nation (2010-02-09)
Thousands of skilled Ethiopians living in various parts of the world are being wooed to contribute skills and remittances towards helping to develop their homeland, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said."IOM is assisting the government to put in place mechanisms to use Ethiopians in the diaspora, even those ...
Read Story at IRINNews (2004-04-05)
By Helmo Preuss Remittances by some 200 million migrants globally back to their families is the most important source of foreign exchange for many developing countries, Dilip Ratha, one of the co- authors of the World Bank report on the Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration told a knowledge seminar ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2006-02-15)
A senior United Nations official has told the press in Geneva that remittances from migrants to their home countries have great potential to foster economic development. "The volume of these remittances is enormous," said Anwarul K. Chowdhury, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), ...
Read Story at The Accra Daily Mail (2006-07-05)
KIGALI - East Africa could attract more than $2b in remittances in 2010 and should direct this money to investment rather than consumption, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said. “If regional peace and stability was assured in the East African region then remittances would surpass the ...
Read Story at The New Vision (2010-03-25)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Tuesday Related Stories Wyclef Jean bids for Haitian presidency Wyclef Jean seeks Haiti presidency Wyclef Jean to appeal Haiti election ruling Haiti delays word on candidates Wyclef Jean excluded from Haiti"s presidential race Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean charged yesterday that Haiti"s provisional ...
Read Story at Daily Nation (2010-08-25)
Remittances are the third-biggest source of foreign exchange for east Africa"s biggest economy, following agricultural exports and tourism.Kenyans sent home $504.60 million over January-October compared with $527.14 million over the same period last year, but up from $476.66 million in first 10 months of 2007.Remittances in 2008 totalled a record ...
Read Story at The Standard (2009-12-07)
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