Migration and Remittances : Recent Developments and Outlook

Remittances to developing countries are projected to grow by 5.0 percent to reach US$435 billion in 2014 (accelerating from the 3.4 percent expansion of 2013), and rise further by 4.4 percent to US$454 billion in 2015. In 2013, remittances were mor...

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Published: Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/585901468326375808/Migration-and-remittances-recent-developments-and-outlook
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spelling okr-10986-284332021-04-23T14:04:48Z Migration and Remittances : Recent Developments and Outlook World Bank FORCED MIGRATION FORCED DISPLACEMENT REMITTANCES REFUGEES Remittances to developing countries are projected to grow by 5.0 percent to reach US$435 billion in 2014 (accelerating from the 3.4 percent expansion of 2013), and rise further by 4.4 percent to US$454 billion in 2015. In 2013, remittances were more than three times larger than ODA and, excluding China, significantly exceeded foreign direct investment flows to developing countries. Growth of remittances in 2014 is being led by three regions: East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. 2017-10-03T15:52:31Z 2017-10-03T15:52:31Z 2014-10-06 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/585901468326375808/Migration-and-remittances-recent-developments-and-outlook http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28433 English en_US Migration and Development Brief;No. 23 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic FORCED MIGRATION
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
REMITTANCES
REFUGEES
spellingShingle FORCED MIGRATION
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
REMITTANCES
REFUGEES
World Bank
Migration and Remittances : Recent Developments and Outlook
relation Migration and Development Brief;No. 23
description Remittances to developing countries are projected to grow by 5.0 percent to reach US$435 billion in 2014 (accelerating from the 3.4 percent expansion of 2013), and rise further by 4.4 percent to US$454 billion in 2015. In 2013, remittances were more than three times larger than ODA and, excluding China, significantly exceeded foreign direct investment flows to developing countries. Growth of remittances in 2014 is being led by three regions: East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
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title Migration and Remittances : Recent Developments and Outlook
title_short Migration and Remittances : Recent Developments and Outlook
title_full Migration and Remittances : Recent Developments and Outlook
title_fullStr Migration and Remittances : Recent Developments and Outlook
title_full_unstemmed Migration and Remittances : Recent Developments and Outlook
title_sort migration and remittances : recent developments and outlook
publisher Washington, DC
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