Fostering investment of the family remittances in value chains : Case studies in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Guatemala

Family remittances represent an important source of resources and external financing for many Latin American and Caribbean countries, helping greatly to reduce poverty, increase private consumption, and boost national economic growth, among other things. Although a large share of remittances are int...

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Autores principales: Padilla, Ramón, Stezano, Federico, Villarreal, Francisco G.
Formato: Texto
Idioma:English
Publicado: CEPAL 2020-08-31
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11362/45963
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  • Introduction .-- I. Background .-- II. Methodology .-- III. Value chains selected .-- IV. Remittances, financial inclusion and the production characteristics of the three value chains analysed .-- V. Strategies to promote greater investment of family remittances in value chains .-- VI. Conclusions and lessons learned.