Alternative remittance systems and terrorism financing : issues in risk mitigation /
This paper is designed to cover a subset of such category, i.e. the realm of unregulated/informal Alternative Remittance Systems, also known as informal value transfer systems (IVTS). In these cases, operators form a parallel, underground financial system aimed at rapidly and effectively moving valu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
©2010.
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Colección: | World Bank working paper ;
no. 180. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This paper is designed to cover a subset of such category, i.e. the realm of unregulated/informal Alternative Remittance Systems, also known as informal value transfer systems (IVTS). In these cases, operators form a parallel, underground financial system aimed at rapidly and effectively moving value within or between jurisdictions, often without being detected by regulators and law enforcement, and usually without available transaction records. Where prevalent (as it is often the case in low-income economies), ARS are frequently the only mechanism by which the poor or isolated can send and re. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 28 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780821381793 0821381792 0821381784 9780821381786 6612422254 9786612422256 1282422251 9781282422254 |
ISSN: | 1726-5878 ; |