Mexican migrants sent home 36 per cent less money in October than a year earlier, marking the largest drop since records began being kept in 1996. IFAD’s Financing Facility for Remittances analyses this occurrence.

Duration: 3’ 56’’
Location: Italy
Language: English

Media coverage

• Associated Press: "Mexican migrants sent home 36 pct less in October"
• CNBC: "Mexican migrants sent home 36 pct less in October"
• Forbes: "Mexican migrants sent home 36 pct less in October"
• San Francisco Examiner: "Mexican migrants sent home 36 pct less in October"

Fonkoze: Banking on Haiti’s Poor

What can the poorest people do to aid economic development in their own communities? A great deal, when given easy access to financial services and remittance flows, says the Director of Fonkoze, Haiti’s alternative bank for the poor. This short video tells the story of two Fonkoze clients.

Duration: 4’
Location: Haiti
Language: English, French

International remittances sent by migrant workers to developing countries reached a staggering US$300 billion in 2006, according to an IFAD study. This short documentary looks at the scope and scale of the flow and features the first-ever map to show remittances estimates on a country-by-country basis worldwide.

Duration: 3’
Locations: USA, El Salvador, Tanzania, Yemen, China
Language: English

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) reports that remittances flowing from the United States into Latin America reached a record-breaking US$45 billion in 2006. This IFAD documentary looks at a joint IADB-IFAD project attempting to re-direct a portion of the remittance flow through micro-finance institutions in rural communities.

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Duration: 3’
Location: El Salvador
Producer: James Heer
Language: English

Elmer, Hector and Dalila Cortez have left their home and family in El Salvador to work in the United States . They’re part of a huge global movement of migrant workers who travel to rich countries to find jobs so they can send money home to support poor families. What impact does this cash flow have in the fight against poverty? This IFAD documentary tells the story of the Cortez family in the United States and El Salvador and explores the role development can play in spreading the impact of the remittances flow.

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Duration: 22’ 41”
Locations: El Salvador, United States
Producer: James Heer
Languages: English, Spanish