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Global Economic Prospects 2006 : Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration.
International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries to improve economic opportunity, has enormous implications for growth and welfare in both origin and destination countries. An important benefit to developing countries is the receipt of remittances or transfers from inc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
World Bank,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries to improve economic opportunity, has enormous implications for growth and welfare in both origin and destination countries. An important benefit to developing countries is the receipt of remittances or transfers from income earned by overseas emigrants. Official data show that development countries? remittance receipts totaled $160 billion in 2004, more than twice the size of official aid. This year?s edition of Global Economic Prospects focuses on remittances and migration. The bulk of the book covers remittances. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (182 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780821363454 082136345X |