Why is the world’s poorest region paying the world’s highest money transfer fees? African migrant workers who send money home – often to pay for food, education, health and more – are stung with excess fees. Last year this ‘super tax’ cost the Sub-Saharan region $1.8bn. Our new report investigates why and asks what can be done to end this burden on the poor. odi.org.uk/remittances-africa Share our research and use the hashtag #africasupertax to join the conversation on Twitter.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:20:39 +0000
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