The Germany-Serbia remittance corridor : challenges of establishing a formal money transfer system /
Serbia has become one of the largest remittance-recipient countries in the world. It is estimated that in 2004 Serbia received US2.4 billion dollars in remittances from Serbian workers in Germany, the United States, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and other countries. This amount represented 12 percent...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
©2006.
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Colección: | World Bank working paper ;
no. 80. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Serbia has become one of the largest remittance-recipient countries in the world. It is estimated that in 2004 Serbia received US2.4 billion dollars in remittances from Serbian workers in Germany, the United States, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and other countries. This amount represented 12 percent of Serbia's GDP. This report provides an overview of remittance flows from Germany to Serbia and analyzes why a large part of remittance transfers take place outside financial institutions. The study presents a series of recommendations on needed policy changes to facilitate the transfer of remitta. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 53 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-53). |
ISBN: | 0821366599 9780821366592 6610454558 9786610454556 1280454555 9781280454554 |