LEADER 03162oam 22006975 450 001 9910783583203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-45455-5 010 $a9786610454556 010 $a0-8213-6659-9 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-6658-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000225222 035 $a(EBL)459419 035 $a(OCoLC)495529265 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000087070 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11121189 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087070 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10052514 035 $a(PQKB)11303426 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459419 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459419 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10126095 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL45455 035 $a(OCoLC)935270826 035 $a(The World Bank)ocm70151559 035 $a(US-djbf)14559268 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000225222 100 $a20060920d2006 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Germany-Serbia remittance corridor : $echallenges of establishing a formal money transfer system /$fJose De Luna Martinez, Isaku Endo, Corrado Barberis 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$dc2006. 215 $ax, 53 pages, [1] leaf of plates $cillustrations, maps (some color) ;$d26 cm 225 0 $aWorld Bank working paper ;$vno. 80 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-6658-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 51-53). 327 $aContents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction and Objectives of the Study; 1. The First Mile; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF BOXES; 2. At the Intermediary Stage; 3. The Last Mile; 4. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations; Appendixes; Bibliography; Map of Serbian Population in Germany and Driving Distances to Belgrade 330 $aSerbia has become one of the largest remittance-recipient countries in the world. It is estimated that in 2004 Serbia received US2.4 billion dollars in remittances from Serbian workers in Germany, the United States, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and other countries. This amount represented 12 percent of Serbia's GDP. This report provides an overview of remittance flows from Germany to Serbia and analyzes why a large part of remittance transfers take place outside financial institutions. The study presents a series of recommendations on needed policy changes to facilitate the transfer of remitt 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aInternational finance 606 $aInternational economic relations 615 0$aInternational finance. 615 0$aInternational economic relations. 676 $a332.45 700 $aLuna-Martinez$b Jose de$f1968-$01494730 701 $aEndo$b Isaku$01471690 701 $aBarberis$b Corrado$067931 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bUUM 801 1$bUUM 801 2$bTJC 801 2$bBAKER 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783583203321 996 $aThe Germany-Serbia remittance corridor$93718444 997 $aUNINA