Remittances in the CIS Countries : A Study of Selected Corridors
The objective of this paper is to collect, organize and analyze information on remittance corridors from Russia to Armenia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova and Tajikistan. It aims to provide an overview of the current framework and infrastructure for...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635911468252622201/Remittances-in-the-CIS-countries-a-study-of-selected-corridors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36096 |
| Summary: | The objective of this paper is to
collect, organize and analyze information on remittance
corridors from Russia to Armenia, the Kyrgyz Republic,
Moldova and Tajikistan. It aims to provide an overview of
the current framework and infrastructure for sending and
receiving remittances, including aggregate flows, existing
and potential operators, cost structures and, barriers and
other factors affecting costs. Ultimately, it turns to
setting out topics for policymakers' attention. Section
one provides an overview of migration, remittances and
financial sector developments; section two analyzes results
from surveys undertaken with migrants who had returned in
Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan (and uses as
benchmarks, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria and Romania);
section three turns to the results of questionnaires and
interviews with central banks, banks, Money Transfer
Operators (MTOs), postal networks and other intermediaries;
and section four turns to the emerging topics for policymaking. |
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