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This paper reviews the role and importance of remittances in the livelihoods of rural Darfurians up until September 2004. It also examines the impact of the conflict on migration patterns, remittance transfer mechanisms and remittance flows. The author argues that war and its consequences have limited the flow of remittances into Darfur, but that once stability is re-established, remittances are likely to play a central role in reconstruction.