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Brussels, 11 December 2008. Antonique Koning from the EU/ACP Microfinance Programme shares with us the lessons that she takes home from the Brussels Briefing on "How does international migration affect ACP rural development?". She underlines the increasing attention on remittances, and how these are not decline in spite of the current global financial crisis. There is however a need for more and better data on trends in remittances, and according to these data take decisions that can foster this transfer of capitals. Further, there's a clear link between remittances and microfinance, but these linkages need to be fostered and strong financial institutions need to be put in place so that this transfer of money can be translated into savings and investments.
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