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Carlo Corazza (World Bank)
Monday, 12 April 2010 15:14
Carlo Corazza has been working as Payment Systems Expert at the Payment Systems Development Group of the World Bank since January 2007. In his position he has undertaken several missions of assessment of the market for payments and remittances in both sending and receiving countries. He is actively involved in the coordination of the activities of the WB Global Remittances Working Group and represents his unit during seminars and conferences worldwide. Mr. Corazza duties include the coordination and implementation of specific technical assistance projects in the area of remittances and retail payment systems.
Leon Isaacs (IAMTN)
Friday, 30 July 2010 08:15
Leon Isaacs is a Chief Executive of Developing Markets Associates (DMA); a firm that specialises in consultancy services in and around the international remittance market. Leon is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading private sector experts on remittances. Aside from his role at DMA, Leon is also Managing Director of the International Association of Money Transfer Networks (IAMTN). Leon’s role includes liaising with international regulators, technology companies, consumers and all stakeholders who have an interest in the remittance market. Leon is also a member of the Steering Group of the UK Remittances Task Force and sits on the Consultative Committee of the World Bank G8 Public Private Partnership on remittances.
Robert W. Meins (IFAD)
Tuesday, 07 July 2009 11:41
Robert W. Meins is a Remittances Specialist at International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) headquarters in Rome. He is responsible for IFAD's Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) projects in Asia as well as research and dissemination.
Sanket Mohapatra (World Bank)
Monday, 25 January 2010 11:10
Sanket Mohapatra is an economist with the Migration and Remittances team at the Development Prospects Group of the World Bank. His research interests include international capital flows, sovereign and sub-sovereign ratings, poverty, inequality and growth, and the development impact of remittances and migration. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University and a masters degree from the Delhi School of Economics
Leila Rispens-Noel (INAFI Int.)
Saturday, 13 December 2008 03:22
Leila Rispens-Noel works as Remittances Programme Manager at International Alternative Financial Institutions (INAFI International) effective March 1, 2009. INAFI is a network of more than 300 microfinance institutions located in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. She manages the three-year project titled “Harnessing the Potentials of Migration for Development by Linking Microfinance Institutions and Immigrant Associations”. This EU-funded project isimplemented in 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and 10 European countries.
Manuel Orozco (IAD)
Tuesday, 07 July 2009 12:36
Manuel Orozco is director of remittances and development at the Inter-American Dialogue conducting policy analysis and advocacy on issues relating to global flows of remittances. He also heads the Central America program. In 2004 and 2005 he directed a program funded by the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations to leverage remittance transfers.
Sonia Plaza (World Bank)
Monday, 25 January 2010 11:07
Sonia Plaza is currently a Senior Economist in the Development Economics Prospect Group of the World Bank. She has worked on Science and Technology projects in Latin American and co-authored a major analytical survey of migration and development for the Africa region.
Dilip Ratha (World Bank)
Monday, 25 January 2010 10:56
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Mr. Ratha is a Lead Economist in the Development Prospects Group of the World Bank. A recognized expert on migration, remittances, and innovative financing, he is the author of the article “Workers’ Remittances: An Important and Stable Source of External Development Finance,” a lead author of the World Bank flagship Global Economic Prospects 2006: Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration, and edited volumes Remittances: Development Impact and Future Prospects.
Donald F. Terry (Boston University)
Thursday, 03 December 2009 13:21
Donald F. Terry is currently professor at the Boston University School of Law and consultant to the World Bank and other international organizations on remittances, microfinance, and other development finance issues.
From 1993 to 2008, Mr Terry was General Manager of the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank. Prior to this, he was Director of various U.S. Congressional Committees, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury (1992-1993).
Pedro de Vasconcelos (IFAD)
Tuesday, 07 July 2009 12:35
Pedro de Vasconcelos joined IFAD in 2007 as Programme Coordinator of the multidonor Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) composed of the European Union, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Government of Luxembourg, the Government of Spain, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, and the United Nations Capital Development Fund.