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Dilip Ratha (World Bank)

Monday, 25 January 2010 10:56
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. Dilip Ratha's blog
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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.
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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.
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Sanket Mohapatra (World Bank)

Monday, 25 January 2010 11:10

Sanket Mohapatra is an economist with the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank. His interest in development economics began during an internship at the Bank in 2002, when he co-authored a background paper on the determinants of capital inflows and outflows for the Global Development Finance report.

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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).

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.
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Robert W. Meins (IFAD)

Tuesday, 07 July 2009 11:41

Robert W. Meins (Remittances Specialist IFAD) 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.

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