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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812791103321

Autore

Irving Jacqueline

Titolo

Migrant remittance flows : : findings from a global survey of central banks / / Jacqueline Irving, Sanket Mohapatra, Dilip Ratha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-65750-X

9786612657504

0-8213-8362-0

Descrizione fisica

ix, 72 pages : charts ; ; 26 cm

Collana

World Bank working paper, , 1726-5878 ; ; no. 194

Altri autori (Persone)

MohapatraSanket <1975->

RathaDilip

Disciplina

332/.04246

Soggetti

Emigrant remittances

Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects

Banks and banking, Central

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. 24).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Abstract; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Main Findings; CHAPTER 2 Findings from the Survey; CHAPTER 3 Policy Implications; References; Appendixes; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the findings from responses to a survey conducted in 2008-09 from 114 central banks worldwide (of which 33 are in Africa), Migrant Remittance Flows aims to better understand how central banks and other national institutions regulate and collect data and other information on cross-border remittance flows. Findings indicate that, although the vast majority of countries, in both sending and receiving countries, collect data on remittances, and 43 percent of receiving countries estimate informal remittances, there is a need for more frequent and better coordinated data collection, both