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The Malaysia-Indonesia remittance corridor : making formal transfers the best option for women and undocumented migrants /
In Malaysia, Indonesian migrants are showing an increasingly clear preference for informal transfer mechanisms compared to their counterparts in other countries. A little less than half of all Indonesian migrants overseas--thought to be around 2 million--are working in Malaysia. An increasing number...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
©2008.
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| Colección: | World Bank working paper ;
no. 149. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Malaysia, Indonesian migrants are showing an increasingly clear preference for informal transfer mechanisms compared to their counterparts in other countries. A little less than half of all Indonesian migrants overseas--thought to be around 2 million--are working in Malaysia. An increasing number of migrants are women, and the corridor is also marked by a high number of undocumented migrants. Despite the increasing flows of migrants, only about 10 percent of the estimated flow of remittances into Indonesia from Malaysia is transferred through the formal system. The extent of the preference fo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 97 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-97). |
| ISBN: | 0821375776 0821375784 9780821375778 9780821375785 1283300559 9781283300551 9786613300553 6613300551 |