Migrant remittances: Alternative money transfer channels
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Keywords
Remittances; Financial Inclusion; Bitcoin; Alternative Money; Financial Technology; Africa; Mobile Cash;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
- G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
- G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
- O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2019-10-21 (Africa)
- NEP-MIG-2019-10-21 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-PAY-2019-10-21 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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