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Alternative remittance systems and terrorism financing : issues in risk management
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ISBN: 1282422251 9786612422256 0821381792 Year: 2010 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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This paper is designed to cover a subset of such category, i.e. the realm of unregulated/informal Alternative Remittance Systems, also known as informal value transfer systems (IVTS). In these cases, operators form a parallel, underground financial system aimed at rapidly and effectively moving value within or between jurisdictions, often without being detected by regulators and law enforcement, and usually without available transaction records. Where prevalent (as it is often the case in low-income economies), ARS are frequently the only mechanism by which the poor or isolated can send and re


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The Canada-Caribbean remittance corridor : fostering formal remittances to Haiti and Jamaica through effective regulation
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ISBN: 0821379194 9786613196507 1283196506 0821379232 9780821379196 9780821379233 Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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Several economies in the Caribbean region, especially from the lower income group, are highly dependent on remittances. Between 1991 and 2006, the combined flows of total remittances reaching the Caribbean have seen almost a 17% average annual growth rate, surpassing USD 6 billion in 2005 and overtaking ODA and FDI into the region. In addition, remittances represent more than 20% of the domestic gross domestic product (GDP) in some Caribbean countries and have played a significant role in lessening both balance of payment deficits and the impact of natural disasters to which the region is parti

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