If you only read one thing this week…

The Inter-American Development Bank has an interesting article on remitances, and while it focusses on remitances sent to Latin America from the USA, it speaks to a trend that is similar in many parts of the world of remittances continuing to grow as a source of income for developing nations. You can read the report, called “Sending Money Home, Leveraging the Development Impact of Remittances”, and a summary at the IDB’s website, here.