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The NAID Center

The North American Integration and Development (NAID) Center was created to conduct ongoing research concerning North American integration and to assist communities and governments with policies and investment projects for sustainable and equitable development across borders. Towards this goal, the NAID Center seeks to build linkages among a wide variety of institutions, organizations, and community groups in North America.

What's New

“Immigrant Remittance Corridors” (RG-M1075). The NAID Center received official notice in May 2006 that it has been awarded a contract for $430,500 from the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Programme for the NAID project titled, “Immigrant Remittance Corridors.”

The Kinross Building, the temporary home of the UCLA North American Integration and Development (NAID) Center is located at 11000 Kinross Avenue in Westwood Village, a few blocks south of the main UCLA campus and west of Gayley Avenue.. Parking is $7 weekdays until 5 p.m. and $4 after 5 p.m. and on weekends, and is available in Lot 32, adjacent to the building.

Fundacion Para La Productividad En El Campo

“Investment of Remittances for Development in a Migratory Economy” Report on Activities of the UCLA North American Integration and Development Center on the subcontract with Fundación para la Productividad en el Campo for the Inter-American Development Bank Project.

Project Reports 2005 - 2006

"Developing Mexican and Salvadoran Immigrant Participation in Credit Unions via Home Town Associations and Remittance Programs." Final report on the “First Accounts Project” collaboration between the North American Integration and Development (NAID) Center and California Credit Union League (CCUL), funded by the Ford Foundation and RMJ Foundation.