WELCOME TO REMIT: REMITTANCE STORIES FROM THE LIBERIAN DIASPORA
MORE ABOUT REMIT:
How We Got Here
Liberia is home. Whether by bloodline or birth, Liberia is home. Remit aims to be a place where anyone with a connection to Liberia can embrace Liberia, learn about the importance of remittances in advancing Liberia's development and most importantly hear voices from the diaspora!
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Remit will embrace nostalgia, as well as motivation and hope for a brighter future for Liberia. This is for us to inspire and be inspired to contribute to Liberia's development!
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Here you will find others' migration and remittance stories pertaining to Liberia as well as be able to contribute your own. Here we take the reigns on our country's development by investing in one family member at a time, one community at a time, and one aspect of Liberia at a time!
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Who is Remit for?
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Anyone with a connection or love for Liberia. This was especially created to assist and inspire those who love Liberia, have any frustrations, but want to impact the country's future.
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Who are we?
We are children of Liberians born in the Liberian diaspor, separated by an ocean but united by ethos.
REMIT: REMITTANCE STORIES FROM THE LIBERIAN DIASPORA
Liberia and the United States have a unique history and relationship. These stories from the Liberian Diaspora give insight into the relationship between migration, remittances, and development from the Children of the (LIBERIAN) Diaspora
REMIT: REMITTANCE STORIES FROM THE LIBERIAN DIASPORA SERVICES
Facts & Stories
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIBERIA & THE UNITED STATES: PAST & PRESENT
THE LIBERIAN CIVIL WAR & THE PRESENT US-LIBERIA RELATIONSHIP
LIBERIAN MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES
U.S. - LIBERIA REMITTANCES
VOICES FROM THE DIASPORA:
REMITTANCE LIBRARY
Read more to learn more!
Remittances from West Africa’s Diaspora: financial and social transfers for regional development: https://www.afdb.org/en/blogs/measuring-the-pulse-of-economic-transformation-in-west-africa/post/remittances-from-west-africas-diaspora-financial-and-social-transfers-for-regional-development-14614/
Trade & Remittances Within Africa: https://blogs.imf.org/2018/08/01/trade-and-remittances-within-africa/
Migrant Remittances in Africa: An Overview: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTDECPROSPECTS/Resources/476882-1157133580628/RemittanceMarketsInAfricaOverview.pdf
Leveraging Migration for Africa: Remittances, Skills and Investments: https://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTDECPROSPECTS/Resources/476882-1157133580628/AfricaStudyEntireBook.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/jan/30/liberia-invest-remittances-everyday-needs
How Migrants who Send Money Home Have Become a Global Economic Force: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/migrants-remittance-global-economic-force/
Social Remittances: Migration Driven Local-Level Forms of Cultural Diffusion: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2547666?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Remittances and Financial Development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa: https://proxy.library.upenn.edu:2195/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-8268.12202
LET'S DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT
Now that you've read about remittance and heard some voices from the diaspora, lets discuss!
Share your frustrations, your hopes, and your thoughts about remittances, development and Liberia's future.