The Word Bank published a report on general principles for international remittance services in January 2007. The report focuses on the issues listed below:

• The analysis of the key issues concerning remittance services such as the lack of transparency and understanding, infrastructure issues, legal and regulatory framework, lack of competitive market conditions and risks.
• General principles for international remittance services for instance the public policy objectives, the general principles and their application, the role of remittance service providers and public authorities and  formulating an approach to implement the general principles.