Remittance markets in Africa /

Remittances sent by African migrants have become an important source of external finance for countries in the Sub-Saharan African region. In many African countries, these flows are larger than foreign direct investment and portfolio debt and equity flows. In some cases, they are similar in size to o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Mohapatra, Sanket, 1975-, Ratha, Dilip
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2011.
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Finance.
Subjects:
Emigrant remittances > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Economic development > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Finance.
Financial services industry > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africans > Economic aspects > Europe, Western.
Immigrants > Economic aspects > Europe, Western.
Envois de fonds des émigrants > Afrique subsaharienne.
Développement économique > Afrique subsaharienne > Finances.
Services financiers > Afrique subsaharienne.
Africains > Aspect économique > Europe de l'Ouest.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Foreign Exchange.
Economic development > Finance
Economic history
Emigrant remittances
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
Financial services industry
Immigrants > Economic conditions
Migration
Zahlungsverkehr
Envois de fonds > Afrique noire.
Immigrés > Europe de l'Ouest.
Développement économique > Finances > Afrique noire.
Services financiers > Finances > Afrique noire.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Economic conditions.
Afrique subsaharienne > Émigration et immigration > Aspect économique.
Afrique subsaharienne > Conditions économiques.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Europe
Subsaharisches Afrika
Afrique noire > Émigration et immigration > Aspect économique.
Afrique noire > Conditions économiques > 1960- ...
Economic development -- > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Aufsatzsammlung.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Remittance markets in Sub-Saharan Africa : an overview / Sanket Mohapatra and Dilip Ratha. Remittance markets in remittance-receiving countries. Burkina Faso / Yiriyibin Bambio
  • Cape Verde / Georgiana Pop
  • Ethiopia / Alemayehu Geda and Jacqueline Irving
  • Ghana / Peter Quartey
  • Kenya / Rose Ngugi
  • Nigeria / Chukwuma Agu
  • Senegal / Fatou Cisse
  • Uganda / Rose Ngugi. Remittance markets in remittance-source countries. France / Frederic Ponsot
  • United Kingdom / Leon Isaacs.

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