Haiti and Central American countries will be the most affected in 2026 by a decline in migration and remittances, accompanied by an increase in deportations, which will affect economic growth and increase unemployment and informality.
Our development initiative in intermediate cities has progressed positively to allow us to expand to of our work activities. One initiative follows up on our financial inclusion program. It consists of the formation of a working group on remittances and financial inclusion in Guatemala, carried out in partnership with the Central Bank of Guatemala.
Our development initiative in intermediate cities expanded to include an additional activity. This activity consists of improving access to drinking water and promoting its responsible use and healthy consumption to benefit host communities, migrant populations, and institutional stakeholders in the municipalities of Esquipulas Palo Gordo and San Marcos.
This memo offers insight into the current situation in Nicaragua in 2025, its political and economic activities, and their effects on U.S. foreign policy.
The following report is a country profile that analyses the money transfer marketplace to the Dominican Republic. In particular, the report looks at competition in the market. The report includes a general profile of the migrant population in several countries like the United States and Spain, characteristics of sending money as well as an in-depth analysis of the remittance marketplace.
This article examines the role of family remittances in Central America, analyzing two dimensions of the flows—macroeconomic and household—identifying the links between these flows and development through finance, and offering recommendations to leverage these flows to mitigate shortcomings in the region’s economic growth.
This briefing offers an overview of the money transfer industry in the US-Latin America and Caribbean landscape, followed by a review of some of the challenges in 2025.
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 insight on migration, historic growth, competition in the marketplace, and what growth can be expected for 2024.
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.
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 US policy towards the region. Uncheckered political ambitions and abuses of authority in the form of corruption or political and economic favoritism are signs of severe democratic backsliding. Nicaragua is an illustration of the consequences of unconstrained power. But the growing corruption and political ambitions of other Central American leaders could further affect democratic institutions in the region. It is important not only to bear witness but to mobilize proactive foreign policy to prevent authoritarianism from rising.
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