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UNINA9910453911003321 |
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Titolo |
The Malaysia-Indonesia remittance corridor [[electronic resource] ] : making formal transfers the best option for women and undocumented migrants / / Raúl Hernández-Coss ... [et al.] |
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Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-30055-9 |
9786613300553 |
0-8213-7578-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (123 p.) |
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Collana |
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World Bank working paper ; ; no. 149 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Hernández-CossRaúl <1968-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Foreign workers, Indonesian - Malaysia |
Migrant remittances - Indonesia |
Migrant remittances - Malaysia |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-97). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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