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Briefing note

Hanging by a Thread: The ongoing threat to Somalia’s remittance lifeline

19/02/2015

5 documents

24 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Finance

Overview

Every year, the Somali diaspora sends home approximately $1.3bn. Remittances account for 25-45 percent of Somalia’s economy and exceed the amount it receives in humanitarian aid, development aid and foreign direct investment combined. As Somali money transfer operators lose their bank accounts, Somali families are losing their only formal or transparent channel through which to […]

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Briefing note

From Crisis to Catastrophe: South Sudan’s man-made crisis – and how the world must act now to prevent catastrophe in 2015

06/10/2014

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Food security

Overview

More than two million people are facing severe food insecurity in South Sudan. Famine has been narrowly avoided in 2014. As the dry season begins, the brutal conflict that provoked this disaster is about to get worse. Without an end to the fighting – and unless more aid can be delivered to those who need […]

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Media briefing

Risk of Relapse: Somalia crisis update

07/05/2014

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

With a third of Somalia’s population in need of humanitarian aid, the country is clearly in severe crisis. Although the humanitarian statistics are better than in previous years, most aspects of everyday life for people fall far below acceptable living standards. 2.9 million Somalis are in humanitarian crisis 50,000 children are severely malnourished Women in […]

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Briefing note

Keeping the Lifeline Open: UK remittances and markets in Somalia

09/09/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Somali migrants around the world send approximately $1.3bn each year to friends and families at home – more than total humanitarian aid to Somalia. Of these remittances, more than £100m million comes from the United Kingdom. This briefing shows how banks and regulators are in danger of inadvertently undermining this lifeline and driving it underground, […]

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Briefing paper

Keeping the Lifeline Open: Remittances and markets in Somalia

31/07/2013

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Each year, Somali migrants around the world send approximately $1.3bn to Somalia in an expression of solidarity, faith, patriotism, and generosity. These flows represent a significant share of Somalia’s economy and help to reduce Somalia’s reliance on assistance from foreign governments and international organizations. Continued support from the Somali diaspora is essential for Somalia to […]

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Hanging by a Thread: The ongoing threat to Somalia’s remittance lifeline

From Crisis to Catastrophe: South Sudan’s man-made crisis – and how the world must act now to prevent catastrophe in 2015

Risk of Relapse: Somalia crisis update

Keeping the Lifeline Open: UK remittances and markets in Somalia

Keeping the Lifeline Open: Remittances and markets in Somalia