Revisions to remittance trends 2007

Revisions to remittance trends 2007

Revised estimates show that remittance flows to developing countries were $251 billion in 2007, up 11 percent from 2006. This Brief discusses the slowdown in remittance flows to Mexico in the first part of 2008. Remittances to countries in Latin Am...

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Main Authors: Ratha, Dilip, Mohapatra, Sanket, Vijayalakshmi, K. M., Xu, Zhimei
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICS
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMODITY
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES
DATA ON REMITTANCES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ENFORCEMENTS
FAMILIES
GROWTH OF REMITTANCES
INCOME
INCOME GROUPS
INCOMES
INFORMAL CHANNELS
LATIN AMERICAN
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIGRANT LABOR
MIGRANT REMITTANCES
MIGRANT TRANSFERS
MIGRANTS
MONEY HOME
NORTH AFRICA
OIL PRICES
RATE OF GROWTH
RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCE FLOWS
REMITTANCE INFLOWS
REMITTANCE RECIPIENTS
REMITTANCES
SAVINGS
SLOWDOWN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9731689/revisions-remittance-trends-2007
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11017
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Summary:Revised estimates show that remittance flows to developing countries were $251 billion in 2007, up 11 percent from 2006. This Brief discusses the slowdown in remittance flows to Mexico in the first part of 2008. Remittances to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala), and Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Philippines) continue to grow robustly.

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