New England Community Development

Issue 3 (2006) Issue 3 (2006)

New England Community Development | 2006 |Issue 3 (2006)

Leveraging Immigrant Remittances for Development

Some observers have suggested that one way to draw immigrants into the financial system is for banks to tap the large global remittance market. The authors of this article propose a model that would leverage remittances to both draw immigrants into the banking system as well promote economic development in immigrant communities in the United States and immigrants’ home countries.

New England Community Development | 2006 |Issue 3 (2006)

New England Updates, Q3 2006

Recent events in community development and consumer affairs for each of the six New England states.