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Migration, Remittances & Development

Analysis on Migration, Remittances, and Development

The Inter-American Dialogue’s Migration, Remittances, and Development program provides expert analysis on migration and development, financial inclusion and remittances, and the money transfer marketplace. The following is a list of studies and publications the Dialogue has published since 2018 on these intersecting issues.

Today’s Challenges for Salvadorans in the face of the Current President’s Legacy

Setting aside the debate surrounding the legitimacy and popularity of President Nayib Bukele, he has a number of challenges ahead of him in the social, political, and economic sphere. In large part, these challenges are his legacy as they result from the decisions implemented in his first presidential term. Paradoxically, when it comes to overcoming the country's main problems, President Bukele is his own worst enemy.
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Central American Migration: In Numbers

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On June 12, 2024, the Inter-American Dialogue released the presentation "Central American Migration: In Numbers" that contains research from Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program. The presentation discusses key data points on migration from the Central America sub-region and contextualizes these trends within historical trends.
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Women, Remittances, and Financial Inclusion in Guatemala

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On May 24, 2024, the Inter-American Dialogue released the report “Women, Remittances, and Financial Inclusion in Guatemala.” The report, produced by Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program, provides a financial characterization of women in Guatemala, explores barriers to financial inclusion, and outlines a path toward greater financial independence.
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Los migrantes nicaragüenses en Estados Unidos están entre la espada y la pared

  • Articles & Op-Eds
La situación de los nicaragüenses en Estados Unidos, en condiciones de solicitar asilo, refugio, o provenientes de la diáspora en general, será incierta y preocupante para los próximos tres años.
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Taraciuk Broner: “Venezuela has been in crisis for a long time, but it has not always made headlines”

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Tamara Taraciuk Broner, director of the Rule of Law program, participated in the podcast "Where Did the Migrant Crisis Come From?" on In the Room with Peter Bergen. She discussed the context and causes of the Venezuelan humanitarian and migration crisis, as well as the use of the lifting of US sanctions as leverage for fair elections.
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State Collapse and the Protection of Remittance Payments

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On April 9, 2024, the Inter-American Dialogue released the report “State Collapse and the Protection of Remittance Payments.” The report, produced by Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program, and Patrick Springer, program associate, examines the extent to which the current crisis in Haiti can be characterized as state failure. The report examines state failure in Haiti, its effects on the daily lives of Haitians, the Haitian economy, and how it is impacting remittance systems in the country and concludes with a strategy for ensuring successful and safe remittance transfers to the Caribbean nation.
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Perspectives on Remittances in 2024

  • Event Summaries
On February 16, 2024, the Inter-American Dialogue’s Migration, Remittances, and Development program invited representatives from across the remittance industry to discuss the potential for developments in the industry and to discuss their outlook for 2024.
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Remittances to Cuba and the Marketplace in 2024

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On March 22, 2024, the Inter-American Dialogue released the report "Remittances to Cuba and the Marketplace in 2024." The report, produced by Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program, analyzes money transfers to Cuba, their changing composition, the evolution of origination regulation, and this evolution's impact on the Cuban economy.
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La economía de las remesas y el favoritismo económico del clan

  • Articles & Op-Eds
En Nicaragua el estado de la economía está totalmente capturado por un régimen que se enriquece a costa del pueblo y el endeudamiento externo. En 2024, la  economía crecerá igual que en 2023 gracias a las remesas y los préstamos, pero en vez de distribución equitativa de la riqueza, lo que hay es concentración del dinero para los nuevos ricos del régimen.
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Orozco: “La solución política que se está planteando en el corto plazo no va a resolver el éxodo migratorio”

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En una entrevista con CNN en Español, Manuel Orozco, director del programa Migración, Remesas y Desarrollo del Diálogo Interamericano, conversó con Gabriela Frías sobre la crisis humanitaria en Haití, sus consecuencias migratorias y la respuesta del gobierno de los Estados Unidos frente a una nueva ola migratoria proyectada.
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Transaction Costs and Money Transfer Operators – A Review of Costs by MTO Receiving Countries

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On March 4, 2024, the Inter-American Dialogue released the report "Transaction Costs and Money Transfer Operators - A Review of Costs by MTO Receiving Countries."
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Remittances and Development in Honduras – Bridging Opportunities

  • Reports
On February 28, 2024, the Inter-American Dialogue released the report "Remittances and Development in Honduras - Bridging Opportunities." The report, produced by Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program analyzes migration patterns, characterizes remittance recipients, and reports on key financial inclusion metrics in the country. The report concludes with a pathway that outlines a strategy for leveraging remittances for development in the country.
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La migración latinoamericana a EEUU en 2024 y las proyecciones de Nicaragua

  • Articles & Op-Eds
Dadas las complejidades a las que ha estado expuesta y enfrentada la sociedad moderna en América Latina y el Caribe, los principales temas a considerar sobre migración y remesas están conectados con las tendencias existentes que han ocurrido desde 2019. Los nicaragüenses estarán expuestos a una situación de vulnerabilidad, condición que afectará su capacidad de movilidad social, e incluso de envío de dinero.
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Orozco: “Uno de 20 migrantes es un menor de edad”

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En una entrevista con CNN en Español, Manuel Orozco, director del programa Migración, Remesas y Desarrollo del Diálogo Interamericano, conversó con Gabriela Frías sobre la crisis migratoria, sus consecuencias electorales en los EEUU y las tendencias y flujos migratorios entre otros temas.
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¿Qué ofrece a las Américas Bukele, a quien Rosario Murillo llama “amigo y hermano”?

  • Articles & Op-Eds
Nayib Bukele, el “amigo y hermano” como se refiere la dictadora de Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, ahora ya es oficialmente candidato presidencial (aunque inconstitucionalmente) para reelegirse. Y va promocionando su candidatura con el mantra de haber logrado un gran cambio en su tierra salvatrucha, eliminando la violencia.
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Prosperity and Progress in Intermediate Cities: Making Development Impacts through Remittances

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On January 12, 2024, the Inter-American Dialogue released the report "Prosperity and Progress in Intermediate Cities: Making Development Impacts through Remittances." The report, produced by Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program, Jaqueline Barrios, country coordinator for Guatemala, and Patrick Springer, program associate, reviews results and impacts of the program's local development initiative in the Guatemalan municipalities of San Marcos, and Amatitlán.
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The Pulse of Democracy in the Americas: Results of the 2023 AmericasBarometer

  • Event Summaries
In Latin America, trust in democracy takes two paths: Good Governance, meeting citizens' expectations under the rule of law, and Populism, where a leader perceived as a savior, centralizes power to deliver on promises. This finding was among the key insights revealed during the highly anticipated launch of the 2023 AmericasBarometer.
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Orozco: “Nicaragua is responsible for at least 10 percent of all migration that has arrived into the Mexico-US border”

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On January 4, 2024, director of the Inter-American Dialogue's Migration, Remittances, and Development program, Manuel Orozco, sat down with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly on "All Things Considered" to discuss the recent weaponization of migration by the Ortega-Murillo regime. The two discussed the recent trend within the context of US elections in November 2024 in which immigration is a highly debated issue.
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2023 in Remittances: The Year in Review

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On December 22, 2023, the Remittance Industry Observatory (RIO), of the Inter-American Dialogue, released it's annual review of remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report, produced by Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program, and Patrick Springer, program assistant, outline market trends, provide data on remittance service providers in the region, and contextualize these topics as they relate to 2023's economic, political, and migration-related developments.
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An Unprecedented Migration Crisis: Characterizing and Analyzing its Depth

  • Reports
This report offers a look at the current migration trends and points to large differences that characterize this situation as a crisis: the scale, composition, nature, and management of migration is outside conventional or historical patterns.
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Orozco: “La gente está saliendo y votando con sus pies por las razones políticas que están ocurriendo en sus países”

  • Interviews
El director del programa de Migración, Remesas y Desarollo del Diálogo Interamericano, Manuel Orozco, habló el 8 de noviembre, 2023 con la periodista Mayorie González de VPItv sobre cambios recientes en las tendencias migratorias de la región. Además de identificar que los migrantes provienen con más frecuencia de países donde se observan políticas de represión, resalta que los niños migrantes son los que salen con mayor intensidad.
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La nueva ola migratoria a Estados Unidos

  • Articles & Op-Eds
La situación migratoria con la llegada de siete millones de personas desde 2020 a la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos, con siete mil personas a diario en 2023, clasifica como crisis. La manifestación de esta migración sobre el entorno es tan fuerte que su contención escapa al control y la capacidad de manejo de expertos y autoridades en Estados Unidos.
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Family Remittances from Latin America and the Caribbean 2023: Outbound Transfers

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On November 1, 2023, the Inter-American Dialogue released the presentation "Family Remittances from Latin America and the Caribbean 2023: Outbound Transfers" that contains research from Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program.
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Orozco: “La capacidad de los estados de resolver los problemas de sus ciudadanos tanto en lo político como en lo económico se volvió muy difícil”

  • Interviews
El 24 de septiembre, 2023, Manuel Orozco, director del Programa de Migración, Remesas y Desarrollo del Diálogo Interamericano conversó con Razón de Estado TV sobre las tendencias migratorias desde Centroamérica y sus fuentes.
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Family Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean 2023

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Today, the Inter-American Dialogue's Migration, Remittances, and Development Program releases the presentation "Family Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean 2023." In the presentation, the program's director, Manuel Orozco, analyzes the latest remittance data available for the region.
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The Scope of Transnational Economic Engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Reports
The following memo from the Inter-American Dialogue's Migration, Remittances, and Development program provides a thorough update of transnational economic engagement throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Understanding the Recent Growth in Remittances to Mexico

The following note reviews some of the factors driving recent growth in remittances sent to Mexico.
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Centroamérica dinámicas migratorias – CAP 2022-2023, Sesión 13

  • Podcasts
El 10 de Mayo, el director del Programa de Migración, Remesas y Desarollo, Manuel Orozco ofreció su análisis al programa Ciclos CAP sobre la última alza en remesas hacia México.
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Orozco: “Aquí tenemos el desencuentro entre política migratoria y política exterior.”

  • Interviews
El 28 de abril, Manuel Orozco, director del Programa de Migración, Remesas y Desarrollo del Diálogo Interamericano conversó con CNN sobre los flujos actuales de migración en la región y la política migratoria de los EEUU frente a ellos.
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The Political Situation in Nicaragua and International Migration from the Crisis

  • Presentations
The following is a presentation from the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program that provides a robust overview of Nicaraguan migration in recent years, its drivers, and its impacts.
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Orozco: “La principal razón por la que las remesas están creciendo es por la migración mexicana que crece.”

  • Podcasts
Manuel Orozco ofreció su análisis al podcast Broojula del periódico El Universal sobre la última alza en remesas hacia México. En esta conversación con Ana Paula Ordorica, Orozco comento acerca de las razones detrás de este súbito crecimiento. 
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Venezuela:​ Remittances as a Source of Foreign Exchange and Economic Survival

  • Presentations
The following presentation from the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program’s Remittance Industry Observatory (RIO) features new data on remittances in Venezuela.
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International Migration from Latin America & the Caribbean: In Numbers

  • Presentations
The Migration, Remittances, and Development Program published a presentation that delves deeply into how the scale, composition, and nature of migration in the Americas has changed drastically since 2015.
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Family Remittances 2022 in Numbers

  • Presentations
The Migration, Remittances, and Development Program presented a report addressing the continued increase of annual remittance trends associated to large migration patterns in 2022.
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Pairing Migration Enforcement with Foreign Policy

  • Reports
The Biden administration’s new border enforcement actions may reduce some but not all migration from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The measure may have the unintended result of marketing migration to those whose intention to do so was not as strong. This report recommends three differentiated steps the US should consider, including leveraging sanctions, working with the diaspora, and OAS engagement.
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Haiti’s Turnaround and its Impact on Remittances

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Are Remittance Costs Coming Down in Latin America?

  • Financial Advisor
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts' viewpoints on remittance costs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Transaction Costs in the Post-Covid Era

This blog examines remittance sending costs to eight Latin American and Caribbean countries and considers that the most important reality shaping the money transfer intermediation industry is that is tied to a global currency market.
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Migración, remesas y opciones de desarrollo para Guatemala

  • Articles & Op-Eds
Hay que tomar en serio la migración y las realidades que la hacen posible porque la salida de personas, sin respuestas sólidas y comprometidas con el progreso social, no solo continuará, pero no hará mejorar al país, aun y con las remesas que entran.
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A New Strategic Approach for El Salvador’s Economic Development Challenges

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Migrant Remittances to Central America and Options for Development

  • Reports
The report recommends leveraging remittances through financial access, education, and investment in order to strengthen economic developments and reduce the need for Central Americans to migrate in the first place.
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La migración y la democracia: alternativas entre la exclusión y expulsión

  • Reports
Este informe presenta un análisis de las tendencias migratorias y el efecto que las condiciones políticas pueden tener en la movilización.
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Thriving in San Marcos: Mainstreaming Migration for Development in Guatemala

  • Reports
In this report, The Inter-American Dialogue is pleased to present the activities and results of the Thriving in San Marcos initiative, which offered an innovative approach to local migration management.
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Will Cryptoassets Disrupt Remittances in Latin America?

  • Financial Advisor
A Financial Services Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on the effects of cryptoassets on remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Los migrantes nicaragüenses en Costa Rica: Vulnerabilidad e implicaciones de su integración

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Este informe presenta los resultados de un estudio comparativo sobre nicaragüenses que llegaron a Costa Rica antes y después del periodo de la crisis política de abril 2018.
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Family Remittances in 2021: Is Double-Digit Growth the New Normal?

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This report provides a review of the trends that led to growth in family remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021. It points to a combination of factors that include increased migration, migrants prolonging their stay in the United States, use of digital transfers among others. It also introduces projections based on future migration and remittance sender changes in 2022. 
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A Commitment to Family: Remittances and Covid-19

  • Reports
This report from the Migration, Remittances & Development Program presents the findings of a survey carried out with more than 1,000 US immigrants from eight Latin American and Caribbean nationalities during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study identifies critical aspects that shaped migrants’ experiences in 2020 and early 2021, and, more importantly, the determinants of continuing to send money back home in times of crisis. 
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Central American Migration: Current Changes and Development Implications

  • Reports
The number of Central American migrants in the United States has nearly doubled from 2000 to present, but the trend changed from 2009 onwards.
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