Migration and remittances factbook 2016.

Remittances remain a key source of funds for developing countries, far exceeding official development assistance and even foreign direct investment. Remittances have proved to be more stable than private debt and portfolio equity flows, and less volatile than official aid flows, and their annual flo...

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Main Author: Ratha, Dilip
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank Publications, 2016.
Edition:3rd ed.
Series:World Bank e-Library.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Highlights; Data Notes; Abbreviations; Migration and Remittances: Top Countries; South-South Migration versus South-North Migration; Remittances Compared with Other Resource Flows; World; Developing Countries; Regional Tables; East Asia and Pacific; Europe and Central Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Middle East and North Africa; South Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; Income-Group Tables; Low-Income Countries; Middle-Income Countries; High-Income OECD Countries; High-Income Non-OECD Countries; Other Country Group Tables; Least Developed Countries.
  • Fragile StatesSmall States; References; Country Tables; Afghanistan-Zimbabwe; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Glossary; World Development Indicators; Financial Inclusion Database
  • Findex; Other Data Sources; List of Figures; Top Immigration Countries (stock of immigrants), 2013; Top Immigration Countries (percentage of population), 2013; Top Emigration Countries (number of emigrants), 2013; Top Emigration Countries (percentage of population), 2013; Top Migration Corridors (stock of migrants), 2013.
  • Top Source Countries for Refugees (stock of migrants), 2014Top Destination Countries for Refugees (stock of migrants), 2014; Stock of Refugees, 1960 to mid-2015; Top Emigration Countries of Tertiary Educated (stock of migrants), 2010-11; Top Emigration Countries of Tertiary Educated (emigration rate), 2010-11; South-South Migration Is Larger Than South-North Migration; Top Remittance-Receiving Countries (US billions), 2014; Top Remittance-Receiving Countries (percentage of GDP), 2014; Top Remittance-Sending Countries (US billions), 2014.
  • Top Remittance-Sending Countries (percentage of GDP), 2014Top Remittance Corridors (US billions), 2015; Remittances to Developing Countries Are Large and More Stable Than Other External Financing (US billions); Lowest Cost Corridors of Sending Remittances for 200 (percent), Q3 of 2015; Highest Cost Corridors of Sending Remittances for 200 (percent), Q3 of 2015.