Personal remittances from migrant workers are disproportionately important to the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean. Home to only 8% of the global population, the region receives 18% of global remittances, and since 2020 remittances there have grown more than twice as fast as remittances globally. In some of the region’s poorest countries, remittance receipts amount … [Read more...] about Why Are Remittance Costs Still High?
Leo Zucker
Leo Zucker studies financial inclusion in the U.S. and Latin America as a Research Fellow in the IDB Research Department. He previously supported research on the economics of health and aging at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and regulated private retirement funding at the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Leo will begin his doctoral studies in economics at Brown University in the fall of 2024.