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By Matthew Fuchs Microfinance Focus, Oct. 26, 2009: African workers send home more than $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 development agency, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), stated a press release. Remittances are sources of income for poor ... Full story