Remittance Markets in Africa

Business & Finance, Economics, Development & Growth
Cover of the book Remittance Markets in Africa by Mohapatra, Sanket; Ratha, Dilip, World Bank
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Author: Mohapatra, Sanket; Ratha, Dilip ISBN: 9780821385531
Publisher: World Bank Publication: April 25, 2011
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Mohapatra, Sanket; Ratha, Dilip
ISBN: 9780821385531
Publisher: World Bank
Publication: April 25, 2011
Imprint:
Language: English
Remittances sent by African migrants have become an important source of external finance for countries in the Sub-Saharan African region. In many African countries these flows are larger than foreign direct investment and portfolio debt and equity flows. In some cases they are similar in size to official aid from multilateral and bilateral donors. Remittance markets in Africa however remain less developed than other regions. The share of informal or unrecorded remittances is among the highest for Sub-Saharan African countries. Remittance costs tend to be significantly higher in Africa both for sending remittances from outside the region and for within-Africa (South-South) remittance corridors. At the same time the remittance landscape in Africa is rapidly changing with the introduction of new remittance technologies in particular mobile money transfers and branchless banking. This book presents findings of surveys of remittance service providers conducted in eight Sub-Saharan African countries and in three key destination countries. It looks at issues relating to costs competition innovation and regulation and discusses policy options for leveraging remittances for development in Africa.
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Remittances sent by African migrants have become an important source of external finance for countries in the Sub-Saharan African region. In many African countries these flows are larger than foreign direct investment and portfolio debt and equity flows. In some cases they are similar in size to official aid from multilateral and bilateral donors. Remittance markets in Africa however remain less developed than other regions. The share of informal or unrecorded remittances is among the highest for Sub-Saharan African countries. Remittance costs tend to be significantly higher in Africa both for sending remittances from outside the region and for within-Africa (South-South) remittance corridors. At the same time the remittance landscape in Africa is rapidly changing with the introduction of new remittance technologies in particular mobile money transfers and branchless banking. This book presents findings of surveys of remittance service providers conducted in eight Sub-Saharan African countries and in three key destination countries. It looks at issues relating to costs competition innovation and regulation and discusses policy options for leveraging remittances for development in Africa.

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