LEADER 03670oam 22007935 450 001 9910781346403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-10006-1 010 $a9786613100061 010 $a0-8213-8553-4 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-8475-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035361 035 $a(EBL)690503 035 $a(OCoLC)724353733 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000525302 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12200083 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525302 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10488980 035 $a(PQKB)10085085 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC690503 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL690503 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468641 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL310006 035 $a(The World Bank)2011013215 035 $a(US-djbf)16711369 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035361 100 $a20110326d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aRemittance markets in Africa /$fSanket Mohapatra and Dilip Ratha, editors 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$dc2011. 215 $axxi, 352 pages $cillustrations ;$d23 cm 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.).$pFinance. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 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 615 0$aEmigrant remittances 615 0$aEconomic development$xFinance 615 0$aFinancial services industry 615 0$aAfricans$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aImmigrants$xEconomic aspects 676 $a332.450869120967 701 $aMohapatra$b Sanket$f1975-$01503402 701 $aRatha$b Dilip$01471228 801 0$bIEN/DLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bYDX 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bBWX 801 2$bCDX 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781346403321 996 $aRemittance markets in Africa$93731773 997 $aUNINA