There are more than 215 million international migrants in the world. Recorded remittances received by developing … percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in many developing countries. Migration and remittances factbook 2011 provides a …

-south wage gaps, however, especially for unskilled and semiskilled labor. Part 1 of this book, Migration and Remittances …, examines the determinants of migration, and the impact of migration and remittances on various development indicators, and …

Remittances to developing countries are estimated to have declined by 6.1 percent in 2009 as a result of weak job … migrants, therefore, has continued to grow and remittances have remained resilient. Going forward, remittance flows to Latin … efforts to facilitate migration and remittances to make these flows cheaper, safer, and more productive for both the sending …

dependency ratios in developing countries contribute to the swelling of their labor forces. Remittances from migrants to …

Two of the most salient trends in migration and development over the last two decades are the large rise in remittances … much of the higher remittances. …

large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross … migrants, rather than characteristics of their family situations, explains much of the higher remittances. …

With an estimated 724 million extreme poor people living in developing countries, and the world's demographics … local, regional, and foreign markets; (2) remittances and investment subsidies to promote job creation and labor …

remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration … migration and remittances data. Remittance flows and the stock of migrants may be underestimated due to the use of informal …