Bilateral Cooperation with Remittance Receiving Countries

Date Shared:

Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 10:15

Countries and areas:

Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities - 10.c on remittances costs reduction

Targets that could benefit from the potential of migration and migrants

Contributors:

Member States

Chairmanship:

Belgium 2007

Geographical Relevance:

Bilateral

Tags:

Policy Coherence, Remittances, Capacity Building, Diaspora Empowerment and Engagement, Legal Frameworks on Migration

Summary:

The UK has bilateral co-operations with remittance receiving countries to support their financial sector development, which include the support of mobile banking technology in Kenya and elsewhere in Eastern Africa, and the development of a debit card infrastructure in South Africa.

Link:

For more information:

http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/publication_summary6428_en.htm
Second EU survey on workers’ remittances from the EU to third countries: http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/publication6420_en.pdf

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2008 - Report of the Proceedings

GFMD 2007 - Roundtable 2.1 "Improving the formalization of transfers and reducing their cost."