Migrant worker remittances, micro-finance and the informal economy : prospects and issues

Reviews data on unrecorded remittance flows, identifies the determinants of remittance flows and analyses their uses. Explores policy measures to attract remittances and to influence their domestic uses, highlighting the role of microfinance in linking unrecorded remittances to development. Focuses on the Asia-Pacific region, Sudan and Egypt.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Puri, Shivani ; Ritzema, Tineke
Institutions:	International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations
Subject:	remittance \| migrant worker \| microfinance \| state intervention \| developing countries \| financial market \| informal economy \| economic implication \| graph \| statistical table \| envoi de fonds \| travailleur migrant \| intervention de l'Etat \| pays en développement \| marché financier \| économie informelle \| conséquences économiques \| graphique \| tableau statistique \| remesa de dinero \| trabajador migrante \| microfinanciamiento \| intervención estatal \| países en desarrollo \| mercado financiero \| economía informal \| consecuencias económicas \| gráfico \| cuadros estadísticos

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	ILO Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Working paper series, Enterprise and Cooperative Development Dept. 33 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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