African workers send home more than US$40 billion to the region each year but restrictive laws and costly fees hamper the power of remittances to lift people out of poverty, according to a new report by the UN's rural poverty agency, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
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Climate change: building the resilience of poor rural communities
Desertification
Fighting water scarcity in the Arab countries
Fighting rural poverty: the role of ICTs
Food prices: Smallholders can be part of the solution
The future of world food security
Land tenure security and poverty reduction
Linking land and water governance
Remittances
Rural finance: Small amounts making a big difference
Women