World Bank Publications on
Migration & Remittances 2011
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Migrant Remit tance Flows
Findings from a Global Survey of Central Banks
Migration and Remit tances Factbo ok 2011
By Jacqueline Irving, Sanket Mohapatra & Dilip Ratha
Drawing on findings from a worldwide survey of central banks, conducted in 2008-09, this paper aims to better understand how central banks and other national institutions regulate and collect data and other information on crossborder remittances.
Second Edition
Updates the 2008 edition with additional data for 71 countries collected from various sources, including national censuses, labour force surveys, population registers, and other national sources. It presents numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration, skilled emigration, and remittance flows for 210 countries and 15 regional and income groups.
World Bank Working Papers
Mar 2010. 84 pages. 978-0-8213-8360-5. US$39.95
Uganda’ s Remit tance C orrid ors from United Kingd om, United States, and Sou th Africa
Challenges to Linking Remittances to the Use of Formal Services
Nov 2010. 256 pages. 978-0-8213-8218-9. US$39.95
Leveraging Migration For Africa Remittances, Skills, and Investments This flagship report seeks to improve our understanding of migration and remittances in SubSaharan Africa – including their magnitude, causes, and impacts on poverty reduction – by drawing on literature surveys and research based on primary data collected through household surveys, analysis of remittance markets, focus group meetings with diaspora groups, and consultations with embassies and government departments.
By Isaku Endo, Jane Namaaji & Anoma Kulathunga
Remit tance Markets in Africa Edited by Sanket Mohapatra & Dilip Ratha
Presents findings of surveys of remittance service providers conducted in eight Sub-Saharan African countries and in three key destination countries. It looks at issues relating to costs, competition, innovation and regulation, and discusses policy options for leveraging remittances for development in Africa. Directions in Development Series
April 2011. 978-0-8213-8257-8. US$39.95
April 2011. 420 pages. 978-0-8213-8475-6. US$39.95
Migration and Povert y
Diaspora for Development in Africa
Towards Better Opportunities for the Poor
Edited by Sonia Plaza and Dilip Ratha
Edited by Edmundo Murrugarra, Jennica Larrison & Marcin Sasin
The diaspora of developing countries can be a potent force for development through remittances, but also through the promotion of trade, investment, and knowledge and technology transfers. This book aims to consolidate research and evidence on these issues with a view to formulating policies in both sending and receiving countries.
Summarises some of the most interesting recent studies about international migration from World Bank research to demonstrate how diverse the global migration experience is, how important it is for the world’s poorest, and how its substantial poverty reduction potential is currently underutilised. Directions in Development Series
Nov 2010. 160 pages. 978-0-8213-8436-7. US$25.00
April 2011. 354 pages. 978-0-8213-8258-5. US$35.00
Migration and Skills
The Market for Remit tance Services in the Czech Republic
The Experience of Migrant Workers from Albania, Egypt, Moldova, and Tunisia By Jesús Alquézar Sabadie, Johanna Avato, Ummuhan Bardak, Francesco Panzica & Natalia Popova
Outcomes of a Survey among Migrants By Marco Nicoli & Carlo Corazza
Uniquely presents a comparative analysis of three remittance corridors to Uganda from the United Kingdom, the United States, and South Africa. World Bank Working Papers
Nov 2010. 90 pages. 978-0-8213-8430-5. US$20.00
The U.S.-Honduras Remit tance C orrid or
Acting on Opportunities to Increase Financial Inclusion and Foster Development of a Transnational Economy By Isaku Endo, Sarah Hirsch, Jan Rogge & Kamil Borowik
Describes the remittance regulatory and market environment, financial inclusion strategies by financial institutions, transnational economic activities, and the impacts of remittances on the Honduran economy. World Bank Working Papers
Mar 2010. 96 pages. 978-0-8213-8139-7. US$20.00
Global Ec onomic Prospects 2006 Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration Explores the official data showing that development countries’ remittance receipts totalled $160 billion in 2004, more than twice the size of official aid. 2005. 18 pages. 978-0-8213-6344-7. US$38.00
Remittances and Development
Lessons from Latin America
Edited by Pablo Fajnzylber & J. Humberto Lopez
Aims to unravel the complex relationship between migration and skills development based on case studies of potential and return migrants from Moldova, Albania, Egypt and Tunisia.
Presents the outcomes of a survey conducted by the World Bank Payment System Development Group. 880 migrants from eight different nationalities were interviewed during the summer 2009 in Prague.
Explores the large heterogeneity in migration and remittances patterns, development impact, and policy implications across Latin America and the Caribbean, ranked at the top of remittance-receiving regions. Its analysis helps policy makers trying to respond to increasing remittances flows.
Directions in Development Series
World Bank Studies
Latin American Development Forum
Mar 2010. 128 pages. 978-0-8213-8079-6. US$25.00
Nov 2010. 88 pages. 978-0-8213-8585-2. US$20.00
2008. 408 pages. 978-0-8213-6870-1. US$30.00