Recursos

Con una cobertura de telefonía móvil que por lo general se extiende a más del 90% de la población, incluso en los países en desarrollo, la posibilidad de realizar transacciones bancarias por medio de teléfonos móviles (lo que se conoce como “banca móvil”) abre la perspectiva de sortear muchos de los obstáculos con que actualmente se enfrentan los receptores de remesas de las zonas rurales.

This report proceeds from the Global Forum on Remittances held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2013.

This document reports on the remarkable achievements of the Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) in its five years of operation. It provides an overview of the importance of remittances to development, the strategy that the Facility has adopted to date, and the lessons. 

The FFR Brief learned from the innovative projects it has financed. Looking forward, the report highlights the tremendous opportunities offered by large-scale distribution networks, adoption of new technologies, mobilization of migrant capital and partnering with the private sector. Each chapter has been designed to be readable as a stand-alone discussion of the specific topic area it addresses. As a number of projects resulted in lessons learned in multiple areas, projects may be mentioned more than once, and their impact in each topic area will be discussed separately.