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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453911003321

Titolo

The Malaysia-Indonesia remittance corridor [[electronic resource] ] : making formal transfers the best option for women and undocumented migrants / / Raúl Hernández-Coss ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008

ISBN

1-283-30055-9

9786613300553

0-8213-7578-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 p.)

Collana

World Bank working paper ; ; no. 149

Altri autori (Persone)

Hernández-CossRaúl <1968->

Disciplina

332/.0424

Soggetti

Foreign workers, Indonesian - Malaysia

Migrant remittances - Indonesia

Migrant remittances - Malaysia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-97).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF BOXES; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Key Statistics of the Malaysia-Indonesia Remittance Corridor; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Global and Regional Trends The Context; CHAPTER 2 Migrants and Remittances The Corridor; CHAPTER 3 Transaction Flows; CHAPTER 4 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations; APPENDIXES; Bibliography; End piece Map: Indonesia Overseas Migrants (Outflows) and Remittances (Inflows) Based on Migrants' Place of Origin for the First Quarter 2007

Sommario/riassunto

In Malaysia, Indonesian migrants are showing an increasingly clear preference for informal transfer mechanisms compared to their counterparts in other countries. A little less than half of all Indonesian migrants overseas-thought to be around 2 million are working in Malaysia. An increasing number of migrants are women, and the corridor is also marked by a high number of undocumented migrants. Despite the increasing flows of migrants, only about 10 percent of the estimated flow of remittances into Indonesia from Malaysia is



transferred through the formal system. The extent of the preference