Remittances, Microfinance And Community Informatics Development And Governance Issues
Lugar y fecha de publicación: Foro: Alternativas de Participacion de Instituciones Microfinancieras (IMF) en el Mercado de las Remesas en Centroamérica. Ponencia presentada ante este foro, realizado los días 29 y 30 de junio de 2004 en San Salvador, El Salvador
This paper reviews some issues associated with digital value transfers, local microfinance organizations, community informatics, regulatory impediments and the governance issues now evident as the remittance components increase their specific gravity within national economies. Examples are taken from experiences in Mesoamerica, a region sharing a cultural common denominator, stretching from Mexico to Costa Rica, the issues underscored, however, may be generic to remittance economies everywhere
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