Remittances

Explore all research, analysis, and data on remittances—the personal funds that individuals send to relations in their country of origin or ancestral homeland.

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Indonesia: A Country Grappling with Migrant Protection at Home and Abroad

Indonesia is an origin, transit, and destination country, but continues to grapple with migrant protection—for its own workers abroad and newcomers to the country.

Reimagining Skilled Migration Partnerships to Support Development

Skilled migration partnerships hold promise for linking labor demand with origin-country development, but high costs and weak outcomes stall most programs at the pilot stage.

Egypt: Migration and Diaspora Politics in an Emerging Transit Country

Egypt has used labor emigration as an economic safety valve and diaspora engagement as a soft-power tool since 1952.

Mind the Gap: Bringing Migration into Development Partnerships and Vice Versa

Development and migration-management actors share common interests, but conditional aid risks destabilizing fragile states and undermining partnerships.

Migrants and local community members at a brick-making training in Niger

Immigration Data Matters: How to Find the Most Accurate Resources

At this release of an updated version of the popular Immigration Data Matters guide, presenters discuss how to navigate and access the increasing number of data sources on immigration and immigrants in the United States and internationally.

The End of TPS: Policy Options, Social Impacts

Following the Trump administration’s January 2018 decision not to renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans, MPI, the Inter-American Dialogue, and FUSADES hosted a panel discussion to consider the impacts of terminating TPS for these long-time U.S. residents, including the likely effects on the economy, migration, and criminal violence. Speakers also explored related policy options.