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Seeking New Scholarship in Migrant Remittances: A Call for Dissertations, Theses and Faculty Research
Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Deadline: 12/31/2007
Description:
In the past five years the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through its Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), has supported numerous activities aimed at increasing the development impact of migrant remittances. These include technical assistance projects, data collection and applied research, and awareness raising. These efforts have been aimed at lowering the cost of sending money home, facilitating the participation of transnational families in the banking and financial system, increasing the range of financial products available to migrants and their families, and lowering a variety of legal and regulatory barriers impeding the development impact of remittances.
There is a growing literature on remittances, and an increasing number of projects sponsored by international institutions and civil society organizations aimed at promoting the development impact of these flows. Even so, there remain serious gaps in knowledge regarding this important topic.
To contribute to a better understanding of the development potential of remittances, the IDB-MIF is issuing a call for Doctoral dissertations and Masters theses completed by students in universities in all 47 IDB member countries in the Americas, Western Europe, and Asia. The purpose of this exercise is to serve as a clearinghouse for relevant research being produced by a new generation of scholars and professionals.
In addition, the IDB-MIF is seeking original, unpublished research on remittances produced by faculty working in universities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Completed Doctoral dissertations and Masters theses in any academic discipline, in universities located in the Americas, Western Europe, Japan, and the Republic of Korea are eligible. Preference will be given to work that yields concrete policy prescriptions for improving the development impact of remittances received in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Contact information:
Steven Wilson, Tel: (202) 942-8114, E-Mail: stevenw@iadb.org
Official guidelines are available both in English and in Spanish at:
http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getDocument.aspx?DOCNUM=1096667
http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getDocument.aspx?DOCNUM=1096669
Additional information:
Dissertation, theses and faculty papers may be submitted in any of the four official languages of the Inter-American Development Bank: English, Spanish, Portuguese or French. Each submission should be accompanied by a one to two page executive summary of the research project in English.
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