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Remittances, migration and social development: a conceptual review of the literature
United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2007This paper reviews the empirical literature on the relationship between remittances and various dimensions of social development in the developing world within a broader conceptual framework of migration and development theory. Empirical and theoretical research highlights the heterogeneous nature of migration-remittance-development interactions.DocumentDevelopment financing and the remittance market in Serbia and Switzerland
State Secretariat for Economic Cooperation and Development, Switzerland, 2007As an important origin of remittances, Switzerland is very interested in concepts and projects which facilitate and render more secure transfers of remittances.DocumentThe impact of international migration on the economic development of countries in the Mediterranean basin
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2006The intense debate continues on the potential poverty reducing effects of remittances. This paper analyses the impact migrant workers’ remittances have in stimulating local economic development.DocumentMigration policy and its interactions with aid, trade, and foreign direct investment policies: a background paper
OECD Development Centre, 2006This paper reviews the literature on the interconnections between migration, rich-country trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and development assistance, and the positive and negative effects on the sending countries’ development.DocumentDo workers’ remittances promote financial development?
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006Workers’ remittances to developing countries have become the second largest type of flows after foreign direct investment.DocumentGive us your best and brightest: the global hunt for talent and its impact on the developing world
Center for Global Development, USA, 2005This book discusses the challenges and opportunities posed by the international migration of labour to developing countries.DocumentMigrant remittances in the context of crisis in Somali society: a case study of Hargeisa
Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006Observing 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.DocumentTill to tiller: linkages between international remittances and access to land in West Africa
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004This 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.DocumentThe macroeconomics of remittances: the case of Tajikistan
International Monetary Fund, 2006Labour 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.DocumentSri Lanka's migrant labor remittances: enhancing the quality and outreach of the rural remittance infrastructure
World Bank Publications, 2005With 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.Pages