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200 00$aRemittance markets in Africa$b[electronic resource] /$fSanket Mohapatra and Dilip Ratha, editors
210   $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (380 p.)
225 1 $aDirections in development. Finance
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-8213-8475-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aRemittance markets in Sub-Saharan Africa : an overview / Sanket Mohapatra and Dilip Ratha. Remittance markets in remittance-receiving countries. Burkina Faso / Yiriyibin Bambio -- Cape Verde / Georgiana Pop -- Ethiopia / Alemayehu Geda and Jacqueline Irving -- Ghana / Peter Quartey -- Kenya / Rose Ngugi -- Nigeria / Chukwuma Agu -- Senegal / Fatou Cisse -- Uganda / Rose Ngugi. Remittance markets in remittance-source countries. France / Frederic Ponsot -- United Kingdom / Leon Isaacs.
330   $aRemittances sent by African migrants have become an important source of external finance for countries in the Sub-Saharan African region. In many African countries, these flows are larger than foreign direct investment and portfolio debt and equity flows. In some cases, they are similar in size to official aid from multilateral and bilateral donors. Remittance markets in Africa, however, remain less developed than other regions. The share of informal or unrecorded remittances is among the highest for Sub-Saharan African countries. Remittance costs tend to be significantly higher in Africa both
410  0$aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.).$pFinance.
606   $aEmigrant remittances$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan
606   $aEconomic development$xFinance$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan
606   $aFinancial services industry$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan
606   $aAfricans$xEconomic aspects$zEurope, Western
606   $aImmigrants$xEconomic aspects$zEurope, Western
607   $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xEmigration and immigration$xEconomic aspects
607   $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xEconomic conditions
608   $aElectronic books.
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615  0$aEconomic development$xFinance
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615  0$aAfricans$xEconomic aspects
615  0$aImmigrants$xEconomic aspects
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