With Stephen Howes, Ashlee analysed the World Bank’s Remittance Prices Worldwide database to show that, despite efforts by government in Australia and NZ, the cost of sending remittances to Pacific island countries had not decreased in more than two years.
The persistently high cost of Pacific remittances
AshleeWith Stephen Howes, Ashlee analysed the World Bank’s Remittance Prices Worldwide database to show that, despite efforts by government in Australia and NZ, the cost of sending remittances to Pacific island countries had not decreased in more than two years.
Read the full blog post here.
Ashlee also gave two radio interviews on the findings of the research.
Radio 95bFM Auckland
Radio Australia Pacific Beat
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