Blogs

Assessing Cryptocurrency in Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean

This briefing note offers insights as to whether cryptocurrency is an active form of currency transaction for family remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean....
Manuel Orozco

Family Remittances in 2024: Looking Ahead amid Possible Shifts in Flows

This briefing offers a descriptive perspective regarding remittance transfer growth in 2024. We point out that, this year, flows will experience less than six percent growth. The memo highlights some...
Manuel Orozco
Patrick Springer

Sending Money to Mexico: Slowed Growth in 2024

This briefing offers an update on remittance growth in Mexico for 2024 by looking past trends as well as key issues. Additionally, the memo shows how government policy has sought...
Manuel Orozco
Patrick Springer

Los retos de la educación en el siglo XXI en América Latina: Una reflexión crítica

El artículo "Los retos de la educación en el Siglo XXI en América Latina: Una reflexión crítica" de Ariel Fiszbein, director del Programa de Educación del Diálogo Interamericano explora los...
Manuel Orozco

China’s 3rd Plenum—Three Takeaways for Latin America

China's 3rd Plenum sets the course for Chinese economic policy over the next five years. What will China's plans mean for Latin America?...
Manuel Orozco
Patrick Springer

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...
Manuel Orozco

Democracy Under Siege in Central America

Democracy is under threat in Central America and authoritarianism is on the rise. This problem is having long-term institutional and economic implications for these countries and poses serious challenges for...
Manuel Orozco

Migration from Andean Countries

The Andean migrant population in the US is remitting 50% of all flows to their homelands in the Andes, over US$10 billion in 2022 from the US and US$11 billion...
Manuel Orozco
Patrick Springer

Migration and Remittances: An Outlook for 2024

The following note by Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program at the Inter-American Dialogue, offers some observations pertaining to a migration and remittance outlook in 2024....
Manuel Orozco

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