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The International Remittance Network (IRnet®) was established in 1999 to facilitate remittance flows from the US to Latin America.

World Council of Credit Unions (WCUU )established the Network based on the urging of member credit unions from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Jamaica, and according to the World Bank it resulted in lower fees charged by the IRnet compared to major Money Transfer Companies (MTOs) - a flat rate of $10 to send up to $1000.

The Philippines National Bank has teamed up with 7Eleven and Citibank in Hong Kong to provide remittance services.  Under the agreement, Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) can remit on many street corners in Hong Kong through any of 7-Eleven’s 480 outlets, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Wells Fargo has made inroads to Vietnam by partnering with the Commercial Bank of Vietnam (Incombank) by offering an account-to-account remittance program. Customers in the United States can send up to $3,000 a day to Vietnam for $8. As one of the largest banks in Vietnam, Incombank gives recipients an opportunity to claim their funds at more than 700 branches and 400 ATMs throughout Vietnam.

Wells Fargo has made inroads to China by partnering with the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), one of the largest banks in China, by offering an account-to-account remittance program. Customers in the United States can send up to $1,000 a day to China for $8. Recipients can claim their funds at more than 31,000 ABC branches and 12,500 ATMs throughout China.

In the Dominican Republic, commercial bank Banco Popular Dominicano (BPD) partners with MoneyGram to distribute products through branches and ATMs. Banco Popular Dominicano (BPD), the largest bank in the Dominican Republic, with approximately 30% of the market, formed a joint-venture with MoneyGram to link remittances with banking products, equip its automatic teller machines (ATMs) to process money transfers, and link transfers to its payment services.

At the multilateral level, the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA), is a partnership hosted and administered by the World Health Organization, provides a forum for governments, NGOs, international organizations, donors, academic institutions, professional associations and workers to search for solutions to the current "crisis" in the health workforce. 

The basic task of the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP), 2004-2010 was  to fight poverty by building prosperity for the greatest number of the Filipino people. 

With more than 4 million workers abroad, the Philippines systematically included labor emigration in the Plan to supplement its wider national program of job generation to alleviate poverty. The plan includes, for instance, topics such as dealing with brain drain by turning push factors into pull factors

In 2006, New Zealand introduced the Recognized Seasonal Employers Scheme (RSE) to fill labour shortages in the horticulture and viticulture industries. Under this scheme, employers can apply for RSE status to fill vacant positions. Priority is given to migrants coming from the Pacific, with the idea of encouraging a mutually beneficial relationship where employers have access to a secure labour supply and workers gain entrance into the New Zealand labour market.

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is an independent, non-statutory, non-time limited, non-departmental public body that advises the UK government on migration issues. It is responsible for providing transparent, independent and evidence-based advice to the government on migration issues, including on the impacts of migration, the limits on immigration under the points based system, and skills shortages within occupations.

The UK has established a Migration Impacts Forum (MIF) to allow for a national debate and dialogue with key service providers on the wider impacts associated with migration experienced by local areas, and identify and share good practices in managing these impacts.