The ISSA Handbook on the extension of social security to migrant workers shows why national social security systems should extend coverage to migrant workers and their dependents. In addition to meeting people’s basic needs and social protection requirements, there are important advantages for...

The International Social Security Association (ISSA) is the world’s leading international organization for social security institutions, government departments and agencies. Global information regarding the exact number and nature of bilateral and multilateral social security agreements, and between...

The conclusions of social security agreements between countries and across regions are indispensable to secure the portability of social benefits for migrant workers. This website offers good-practice examples in coordinating multilateral social security agreements in the EU, the Caribbean, the Gulf...

This platform is designed to provide expert legal and development resources on how to better align social protection and human rights. It is targeted at policy makers, development practitioners and human rights advocates with the intention of strengthening a growing social protection community that...

This website offers full texts or abstracts of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation. Content is classified by subject and it is easy to identify legislation related to migrant workers.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is mandated to support the extension of social protection to all in need of such protection, including migrants, and provides technical assistance to its constituents in their extension strategies. 

The project contributes to strengthen the competition in the remittance market by enabling a new player, the Savings and Credit Associations (SCAs), who are the main local grassroots rural finance provider in Moldova, to provide international remittance services.

IFAD partnered with the Malaysian Mobile Money Provider, Valyou, to open digital remittances channels to Pakistan and Bangladesh. Through this innovative business model, it increased access to remittances and financial options for migrants’ families, and cut the costs of sending money to below the 3...

This EU-funded € 15 million programme aims to address the impact of remittances to development through innovations, partnerships and scalable products that promote cheap and fast remittance transfers. By helping maximize the impact of remittances for millions of families, PRIME Africa contributes to...

IFAD partnered with PostBank Uganda to leverage Posta Uganda’s broad network of rural post offices and expand access to financial services in rural areas.

IFAD piloted a new microinsurance distribution channel linked to remittance services, promoting partnerships between Money Transfer Operators (MTOs) and insurance companies who wish to develop customised products for migrant workers and their families back home.  The project involved financial...

Global remittance volumes are on the decline. As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, remittance service providers (RSPs) have undoubtedly felt its impact. In a recently conducted survey by the International Association of Money Transfer Network (IAMTN) in collaboration with the United...

The financial and health vulnerabilities of migrants and their families have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis. The economic and health impacts of COVID-19 are unprecedented. Migrant workers and their families have not been spared from the dire consequences of rising infection rates, lockdowns...

Today, post offices deliver more money than mail. They therefore represent a prominent channel for the provision of remittances and financial services to the world's underserved rural areas. With the aim of supporting postal networks in fulfilling their potential in the national remittance market...

The UN Migration Network’s policy guidance, developed under the leadership of IFAD with support from IOM, OHCHR, UNICEF, UN Women, and the World Bank, highlights measures needed for an effective response to reduced remittances flows. It recommends that the provision of remittances is declared an...

Since its inception, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) has spearheaded research and advocacy on harnessing remittances and other resources for the development of origin countries. More recently, KNOMAD prepared the background brief for the preparatory sessions of...

The Migration Data Portal provides a page dedicated to the topic of remittances, including key trends, definition, data sources, data strengths and limitations and suggestions for further reading.

The Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD)’s website contains a page dedicated to data on remittances disaggregated by country.  

The campaign promotes concrete actions in support of remittance families’ resilience, while at the same time recognize the key role they play for the wellbeing of millions of families and on the sustainable development of their local communities. The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR)...

The project aims to enhance the capacity of local actors to better harness positive impacts of urban migration, through spatial and cross-sectoral data collection, applying urban and territorial planning for creating inclusive urban environments and governance structures and using participatory...