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    Do workers’ remittances promote financial development?

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006
    Workers’ remittances to developing countries have become the second largest type of flows after foreign direct investment.
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    UK Remittance market

    Department for International Development, UK, 2006
    This report examines existing information on the UK remittance industry, and synthesises good practices, data and emerging innovations relevant to remittances from the UK to developing countries.The paper finds that:information on the market size, market economics, lessons from other corridors and customer preferences/behaviour is needed by the industry to realise the potential of the m
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    Give us your best and brightest: the global hunt for talent and its impact on the developing world

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2005
    This book discusses the challenges and opportunities posed by the international migration of labour to developing countries.
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    Altruism and workers' remittances: evidence from selected countries in the Middle East and Central Asia

    International Monetary Fund, 2006
    Workers’ remittances have been playing an increasingly important role in the balance of payments of many countries and can significantly contribute to the strength of their external positions. Assessing the likely stability of remittance flows could be a valuable input to the analysis of their external vulnerabilities.
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    Migrant remittances in the context of crisis in Somali society: a case study of Hargeisa

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006
    Observing that migration and remittances have been an important feature of Somali society since the breakout of civil war in 1988 and the collapse of the state in 1991, this paper argues that data on the scale and effects of remittances remains limited.
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    Remittances in crises: a Haiti case study

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006
    This study examines the role of remittances to Haiti’s third largest city, Gonaives, after it was destroyed by the September 2004 tropical storm Jean. The author finds that:migrant remittances make up a ‘chain of solidarity’, from neighbours, relatives living in other parts of the country, international humanitarian agencies, and overseas relatives.
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    Till to tiller: linkages between international remittances and access to land in West Africa

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004
    This paper, prepared for FAO’s Land Tenure Service and Sub-programme, explores the role remittances have on people’s access to land and natural resources.
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    The macroeconomics of remittances: the case of Tajikistan

    International Monetary Fund, 2006
    Labour migration and associated remittances have been a largely unexpected result of the transition of Tajikistan to a market economy. Against a background of economic instability and civil distress, migration from Tajikistan and the consequent remittances have been unprecedented in their magnitude and economic impact, with flows of remittances reaching around 50% of GDP.
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    Sri Lanka's migrant labor remittances: enhancing the quality and outreach of the rural remittance infrastructure

    World Bank Publications, 2005
    With the increasing trend and growth of migrant remittances, the Sri Lankan Central Bank is now debating the following key issues: the developmental impact of remittances; the high transaction costs associated with remittances; and the level of transparency and accountability in the remittance industry, especially the informal remittance sector.
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    Global economic prospects 2006: economic implications of migration and remittances

    Prospects for the Global Economy [World Bank], 2006
    This report explores the gains and losses from international migration from the perspective of developing countries, with special attention to the money that migrants send home.

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