Project Description: Remittances Study (Armenia)

Study of Remittance and Savings Behaviours

Country:          Armenia

Time frame:      01 June 2006 – December 2006

Partners:         UN IFAD

Study of Savings and Remittance Behaviours among Armenian Migrants and their Families

This document tests the key migration-related hypotheses underpinning the impacting on the financial intermediation interventions, mechanisms, and incentive models envisaged, and reports on the findings arising from over 1400 migrant and migrant household interviews conducted in Armenia and the Russian Federation during July and August 2006.  The migrant and household survey assesses the savings and remittance behaviour among migrants and their families, including: the profile of migrants and their households, the migration cycle and return intentions, sources of income, and objectives related to savings, investment, etc.  It also provides relevant analysis about transfers from abroad, their senders and the uses of transfers, as well as their own assessment of the savings and investment conditions in Armenia.

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