The Plight of Transfer Recipients

"More than 60% of transfer offices in the country have closed their doors for some time now," stated Renel Pierre, President of the National Union of Transfer Sub-agents of Haiti (UNATAH), in an interview with the newspaper on Wednesday, June 5. The reason for these closures is the lack of liquidity faced by many transfer offices across the country, according to the UNATAH official. "Commercial banks refuse to grant more than 50,000 gourdes to sub-agents, owners of these transfer offices. In some