eGFRID - Remittances and investment: how migrants finance sustainable development
eGFRID - Remittances and investment: how migrants finance sustainable development
26 January 2022
Time: 14:00-15:30 (GMT+1)
IFAD and the European Commission (EC) will jointly host the next eGFRID webinar, which will focus on the topic of “Remittances and investment: How migrants finance sustainable development.”
The webinar will shed light on the two modalities of migrants’ financial contribution to their countries of origin – remittances and investment – and their complementarities, to offer cues on how they can be supported and leveraged, and to identify potential strategies in alignment with development challenges.
The discussions will draw from the recent report of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) “Diaspora finance for development: from remittances to investment,” which draws attention to the broad range of financial mechanisms which enable migrants to transfer funds to, and invest in, their countries of origin.
A panel discussion will follow, featuring global experts and practitioners from both public and private sectors, in which direct experiences and lessons learned from successful initiatives will be shared.
