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Working to lower remittance fees and provide innovative financing solutions for people, businesses, and governments |
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“The Hidden Force in Global
Economics: Sending Money Home,” TED Global, Rio de Janeiro,
October 2014. Lunchtime lecture,
“Migration and Development: A Roadmap to a Global Compact,” U.S. State
Department, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, October 2017 Lunchtime lecture,
“Migration and Development: A Role for International Financial Institutions,”
European Commission, Joint Research Center, June 2017. Harvard Global
Development Conference, April 2017 Keynote, Migrant Labor
and Global Health Conference, University of California, Davis, March 2017 MIT Venture Capital and
Innovation Conference, February 2017 “The Invisible Billions:
Remittances,” TEDxGateway, Mumbai, December 2015. The Next Billion, Quartz
Event, New York, November 16, 2015. Watch 30
second video.
European Union, European
Development Days, High-Level Panel on “Migration is Development,” June 2015 Public Lecture - Diaspora
Bonds: Partnering with the diaspora for investment and economic
growth (video recording), The Mona School of Business
(MSB), at the University of the West Indies, Mona, March 7, 2012 Global Knowledge Partnership on
Migration and Development, 10th Coordination
Meeting, UN, New York, February 9, 2012 Leveraging migration for development,
Metropolis Project, Ottawa, September 28, 2011 Leveraging Migration for
Africa: Remittances, Skills and Investments, joint lecture from the School of
Global Studies and the School of Business, Management and Economics,
University of Sussex, May 19, 2011. On the impact of crisis
on remittance flows to Asia, powerpoint with
audio, OECD-ADBI roundtable ADBI-OECD Roundtable on Labor
Migration in Asia, Tokyo, January 19, 2011. (Please note: This is a
large file.) Global Forum on
Migration and Development, November 2009, Athens, Keynote address in the
closing plenary session of the Civil Society Forum; lunch time address at the
Government Forum. Keynote presentation (see powerpoint) at the Atlanta Fed research conference on
remittances and immigration, November 5-6, 2010. Kunda Datar Memorial
Lecture, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, on
International Migration and Development, August 24, 2010. EuroMoney Seminars
Development and Agency Finance Conference, June 18-19, 2009, Washington DC,
keynote address on shadow sovereign ratings and innovating development
financing. “Leveraging Remittances and Migration
for Development,” Keynote, Center for Global
Development (CGD) and the Center for International Development at Harvard University
research conference "Beyond the Fence: Research Lessons on How
Immigration and Remittances Shape Global Development," Washington, DC.
May 26, 2009. The impact of financial crisis on
migration and remittance flows in Sub-Saharan Africa, video
and powerpoint presentation,
April 28, 2009. World Bank, Keynote
address, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas International Research Conference
on Remittances, Manila, March 30-31, 2009. Innovative Financing for
Development, “Migration,
Remittances, and Development: Policy Options,” Distinguished Lecture Series,
Lowy Institute, Sydney, July 16, 2008 (powerpoint and
audio). “Global Remittance Trends,” A
conference call with institutional investors, July 11, 2008 (audio). Management Association
of Nepal, Kathmandu, February 6 and 8, 2008. International Agricultural Trade
Research Consortium (IATRC) Annual Meeting, EMRC Africa Finance and
Investment Forum, G8 Outreach Meeting on
Remittances, George Washington University School
of Business, “Development Finance via Diaspora
Bonds,” Center for Global
Development, “Are the Poorest Countries a Risky
Investment? Shadow Sovereign Ratings for Unrated Developing Countries,” Workshop on Shadow Sovereign Ratings, Third
Plenary Meeting of the Leading Group on Solidarity Levies, Global Forum on Migration and
Development, Brussels, July 9-11, 2007. Increasing the Macroeconomic Impact
of Remittances on Development. World Bank Migration
and Development Conference, Inter-University Committee on
International Migration and The Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International
Migration, “Migration, Remittances and Development,” Tufts,
April 10, 2007. American Bar Association
2007 Spring Meeting, Payments and Electronic Banking and
International Banking Joint Subcommittee Meeting OECD Development Center and the
Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of Finance Workshop, Migration Policy
Institute and the German Marshall Fund of the United States Brainstorming
Session on Migration and Development, Brussels, February 27, 2007. Asia-Pacific Postal
Union Conference, Second International
Conference on Remittances, Global Consumer Money
Transmitters’ Conference, Federal Reserve Board, Visa International
Conference, UN General Assembly
High-Level Dialogue on migration and development, United Nations, September
14, 2006. Presentation of Global
Economic Prospects 2006 report at Accra, Bangkok, Beijing, Boston, Brussels,
Cairo, Colombo, Cotonou, Delhi, Geneva, Johannesburg, Kathmandu, London,
Nairobi, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, November-February 2006. UN High-Level Dialogue
meeting on migration and development in US Department for
Homeland Security, May 2006. US Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, April 2006. Metropolis conference in Prato, May 2006. UN Year of Microcredit
Conference, November 2005. UNDP Roundtable on
Remittances, Inter-American
Development Bank Conference on remittances and securitization, Visa Intergovernmental
7th annual International Government Services Conference in Singapore, May
2005. UNFPA Conference on
Millennium Development Goals in Marrakech, May 2005. ILO Conference on
Recruitment Policy and Remittances, Conference on Managing
Securitization for Lebanon and the MENA Region organized by the Lebanese
American University, Beirut, December 2004. World Congress on Human
Movements and Immigration, OECD Conference on
Migration, Remittances and Development, Marrakech, February 2005. Eradicating Poverty
through Profits Conference organized by the World Resources Institute, United Nations Second
Coordination Meeting, New Alliance Task Force
Meeting organized by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Mexican
Consulate, World Congress on Human
Movements and Immigration, G7 Working Group to improve
remittance statistics, February 2005. G20 Seminar on
Demography and Growth, Swiss Foundation
Conference on Working Diasporas, Annual Bank Conference
on Development Economics-Europe, Swedish International
Development Agency Conference on Migration, Canadian International
Development Agency, Global Commission on
International Migration First Meeting, Berne Initiative Meeting
organized by the Swiss Government and International Organization for
Migration, Berne, July 2003. International Conference
on Remittances organized by the Department for International Development, UK, Brookings-IMF-World Bank
Conference on Future of Domestic Capital Markets, |
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