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MIGRATION - REMITTANCES - GENDER
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The world's 200 million
migrant workers are feeling the pinch of the global economic crisis, finding it
harder to provide for themselves while families back home slip deeper into
poverty and suffer a more urgent need for their income. The resulting fall in
remittances further threatens to disable cash-strapped developing economies,
exacerbating already precarious economic conditions.
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The Economist
January 15, 2009
Global Migration & The
Economic Downturn
The
economic slump is battering migrants. For tens of millions of people working
outside their homelands, life is becoming much more precarious. Images of the
global labour market in the early 21st century are starting to fade as economic
times get harder, both in countries that take in migrants and (partly as a
result) in countries that send them out......
The
past few years have shown how important remittances have become in alleviating
poverty and spurring investment in poor countries. In some cases they account
for bigger flows of capital than aid or foreign investment. They spread wealth
from rich to poor countries, but now remittances are being squeezed......
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MIGRATION & REMITTANCES - WORLD
BANK
Migration & Remittances Factbook 2008
March 2008 | Press Release
A snapshot of migration and remittances
data for all countries, regions and income groups of the world, compiled
from available data from various sources.
Online Version in
English | Français | Español | العربية
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Outlook for Remittance Flows 2008-2010: Growth expected to moderate
significantly, but flows to remain resilient
November 2008
Officially recorded remittance flows to developing countries are estimated to
reach $283 billion in 2008, up 6.7 percent from $265 billion in 2007; but in
real terms, remittances are expected to fall from 2 percent of GDP in 2007 to
1.8 percent in 2008. This decline, however, is smaller than that of private or
official capital flows, implying that remittances are expected to remain
resilient relative to many other categories of resource flows to developing
countries.
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KB) | Excel
Data (259 KB)
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Protecting Temporary
Workers: Migrant Welfare Funds from Developing Countries
October 2008
This brief describes how countries of origin
governments can play a major role in protecting their migrants abroad through
migrant welfare funds. It shows that a welfare fund operated from the
origin country and financed by migrants or their employers can offer a
potential efficient solution to protecting migrants from vulnerable situations
abroad. Protecting migrant workers through welfare funds also comes with
some challenges: finding the right balance of services, creating meaningful
partnerships, building accountability with its members, and involving
destination countries.
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