The list of links to several multilateral, bilateral, private, government and non-government organizations active in migration and development; remittances and development; and those linking initiatives on microfinance:
CORDAID www.cordaid.nl
Currency converter www.xe.com/ucc/
DFID, www.dfid.gov.uk
Global Commission on International Migration www.gcim.org
HIVOS www.hivos.nl
ICCO www.icco.nl
Inter-American Development Bank www.iadb.org/mif/remittances
International Labour Organization www.ilo.org
International Monetary Fund www.imf.org
IOM Migration, Remittances and Development: www.iom.int
MAMACASH www.mamacash.nl
Migration Policy Institute www.migrationpolicy.org
Migration Information Source www.migrationinformation.org
Mindanao News and Information Cooperative Center www.mindanews.com
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands (Minbuza) www.minbuza.nl
Nextbillion.net www.nextbillion.net/blogs/topic/remittances
NCDO www.ncdo.nl
OFW Journalism Consortium www.ofwjournalism.net
Oikocredit www.oikocredit.org/site/en/
Oxfam NOVIB www.novib.nl
Sending Money Home www.sendmoneyhome.org
The Global Development Research Centre www.gdrc.org
The World Bank Research Programme on International Migration and Development http://www.worldbank.org/programs/migration
Transnational Institute www.tni.org/
UN Year of Micro-finance www.yearofmicrocredit.org/
UNIFEM www.unifem-eseasia.org/
UN INSTRAW Research on Remittances www.un-instraw.org
USAID Remittances and Transfers www.microlinks.org
WB CGAP www.cgap.org
WB remittance www.worldbank.org/data/remittances.html
World Savings Institute - Migration, remittances and development www.savings-banks.com
Other Information:
These are links to hometown associations (HTAs). HTAs are associations formed by migrants in their host countries and are engaged in projects to give or send back resources to their developing countries of origin:
Bansalan, Davao del Sur, Philippines/Bansalenyos Abroad www.bansalan.com/
Doses of Hope www.fondswerving.nl/somalie.html
Federation of HTAs in California/Federacion de Clubes Zacatecanos de Sur de California www.federacionzacatecana.org
Frequently asked questions about microfinance:
http://www.yearofmicrocredit.org/pages/whyayear/whyayear_aboutmicrofinance.asp
When Money Really Matters - Remittances Vital to South Asia
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT
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All of the above are links to organisations and resources we found helpful to the migration, remittances and development agenda. We do not necessarily endorse the contents of these sites. To report a broken link or suggest an addition, please email the web coordinator. |