Invitation message (in English, French and Arabic) to stakeholders for the first Africa Stakeholder Consultation for the Africa Regional Review of the Implementation of the GCM on the thematic of “Improving value-driven and evidence-based policymaking and public debate and enhancing cooperation on...

Outcome Document from the multi-stakeholder consultation in West Africa on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).

Coordinator's letter to Member States on the African Regional Review on the Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).

Provisional agenda for the African Regional Review of the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), to take place from 31 August to 1 September 2021.

Concept Note on the African Regional Review of the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), to take place from 31 August to 1 September 2021.

GCM Invitation Letter Template for the African Regional Review Conference of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). 

Letter from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to the Permanent Missions to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa on the intergovernmental conference for the Africa regional review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).

DIASDEV, a joint project initiated by the French Development Agency and the Caisse des Dépôts from France, Italy, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, will be carried out in partnership with public-sector financial institutions in in 2021. DIASDEV aims to increase diasporas’ capacity to mobilize their...

The objective of the project is to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable peace through employment-focused, equitable and inclusive economic development. One of the activities of the project is to develop mechanisms specifically targeting migrant households and returnees, so they can make the best...

The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the capacities of governments to support the long-term social and economic inclusion of refugees and migrants and enhance their positive economic and development impact on host countries. To achieve such purposes, countries have been selected...

In this video, remittances and COVID-19 recover are linked and discussed. Despite COVID-19, remittance flows remained resilient in 2020, registering a smaller decline than previously projected. Officially recorded remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries reached $540 billion in 2020...

In this series, the effects of COVID-19 on migration are discussed. This episode is about the effects of COVID-19 on remittances.

What happens when people migrate? This video discusses how mobility can have micro level effects, for example, on the immediate family members or households that an emigrant leaves. On the other end of the spectrum, we will talk about effects at the country or regional level which are also referred...

This report provides data and analysis of remittances and migration trends for developing countries over the past decade, as well as the potential contributions of remittance families to reaching the SDGs by 2030.

UN Women’s flagship report, “Progress of the world’s women 2019–2020: Families in a changing world”, assesses the reality of families today in the context of sweeping economic, demographic, political, and social transformation. The report features global, regional, and national data. It also...

There has been an unprecedented decline in the flow of remittances to Yemen – a vital source of money for millions – as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier model of Yemen’s economy was used to estimate the impact of lower remittances on economic sectors and...

The latest Migration and Development Brief provides updates on global trends in migration and remittances. It highlights developments related to migration-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators for which the World Bank is a custodian: increasing the volume of remittances as a...

Appendix 5 in this publication is on remittances: Economic Concept of Remittances and Why They Are Important; Standard Components in the Balance of Payments Framework Related to Remittances; Supplementary Items Related to Remittances; Related Data Series; Concepts; Data by Partner Economy.

Based on 324 in-depth interviews with Indian, Moroccan, Ukrainian, Bosnian and Filipino migrants based in four EU countries (Austria, Italy, Spain and the UK), this paper explores the relationship between social remittances and transnational mobility. The authors develop a new typology of social...