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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820923603321

Autore

Hernandez-Coss Raul <1968->

Titolo

Lessons from the U.S.-Mexico remittances corridor on shifting from informal to formal transfer systems / / Raul Hernandez-Coss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005

ISBN

1-280-09831-7

9786610098316

1-4175-7794-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 99 pages : illustrations, color maps ; ; 26 cm

Collana

World Bank working paper ; ; no. 47

Disciplina

332.1/78

Soggetti

Emigrant remittances - Mexico

Emigrant remittances - United States

Informal sector (Economics) - Mexico

Informal sector (Economics) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. At the First Mile -- 2. At the Intermediary Stage -- 3. At the Last Mile -- 4. Lessons from the U.S.-Mexico Remittance Corridor -- 5. Policy Recommendations -- ANNEXES -- I Operational Features of the Remittance Industry -- II Market Overview -- III U.S. Regulatory Overview -- IV Mexico Regulatory Overview -- V Incentive Analysis -- VI Discovering the Road between the First and the Last Mile -- Bibliography -- Map of Formal Remittances Flows in the U.S.-Mexico Corridor.