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.
... Exibir mais + 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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Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) 53106 JUL 01, 2007
This paper is focused on the alleviation of regional concentrations of poverty. It focuses exclusively on only one of the motivations for regional development: alleviating regional concentrations of poverty.
... Exibir mais + To this end, it will address three questions: is poverty geographically concentrated in the ECA region? To the extent that it is, should governments focus on addressing poverty in situ, or on encouraging out migration? To the extent that governments should focus on addressing poverty in situ, what are the most effective, and least costly, means of doing so? The paper gives in depth analysis on market failures, policy instruments, custom-tailored approaches, lesson's learned, and finally gives concluding remarks.
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Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) 38936 MAR 27, 2007
This paper is focused on the alleviation of regional concentrations of poverty. It focuses exclusively on only one of the motivations for regional development: alleviating regional concentrations of poverty.
... Exibir mais + To this end, it will address three questions: is poverty geographically concentrated in the ECA region? To the extent that it is, should governments focus on addressing poverty in situ, or on encouraging out migration? To the extent that governments should focus on addressing poverty in situ, what are the most effective, and least costly, means of doing so? The paper gives in depth analysis on market failures, policy instruments, custom-tailored approaches, lesson's learned, and finally gives concluding remarks.
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Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) 38936 MAR 27, 2007
This paper is focused on the alleviation of regional concentrations of poverty. It focuses exclusively on only one of the motivations for regional development: alleviating regional concentrations of poverty.
... Exibir mais + To this end, it will address three questions: is poverty geographically concentrated in the ECA region? To the extent that it is, should governments focus on addressing poverty in situ, or on encouraging out migration? To the extent that governments should focus on addressing poverty in situ, what are the most effective, and least costly, means of doing so? The paper gives in depth analysis on market failures, policy instruments, custom-tailored approaches, lesson's learned, and finally gives concluding remarks.
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Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) 38936 MAR 01, 2007
This study examines the challenges facing land rental markets in the Europe and Central Asia Region - to understand the patterns of land rental market development and constraints on further growth, and propose policy recommendations needed to improve their functioning in order to achieve desirable equity and efficiency outcomes.
... Exibir mais + Land rental is widespread in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, largely drive by the way land was redistributed in the 1990s and by the role of corporate farms. Throughout the region, land rental markets have the potential to play an important role in stimulating much-needed land consolidation and farm restructuring for agricultural recovery and growth, and contributing to employment and poverty alleviation in rural areas. To realize this potential, governments need to turn their attention to making land rental markets work better by creating the enabling environment and supporting infrastructure for these markets to develop.
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