The World Bank hosted the XI Meeting of the Global Remittance Working Group in Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 2012. The event convened governmental authorities, other international organizations and members of the private sector to discuss the highly-relevant policy issues.

Presentations

• Issues on Access to Payment Systems for Remittance Service Providers, Leon Isaacs, International Association of Monetary Transfer Networks.
• The Global Effort in the Remittances Arena, Updates from the World Bank, Massimo Cirasino & Dilip Ratha, World Bank.
• Access to Payment Systems by Remittance Service Providers, Atsumasa Tochisako, Microfinance International Corporation.

For more information, please contact the Secretariat of the Global Remittances Working Group (Carlo Corazza – ccorazza@worldbank.org, or Isaku Endo – iendo@worldbank.org).