Remittances : development impact and future prospects / / editors, Samuel Munzele Maimbo, Dilip Ratha

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xx, 378 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 338.9/009172/4
• Soggetto topico: Emigrant remittances - Developing countries; Transfer payments - Developing countries; Finance - Government policy - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Economic conditions Congresses; Developing countries Emigration and immigration Economic aspects Congresses
• Altri autori: MaimboSamuel Munzele RathaDilip
• Note generali: Proceedings of a 2003 conference organized by the Department for International Development, IMF, and World Bank.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Remittances: An Overview; Part I Remittance Trends and Determinants; Chapter 1 Workers' Remittances: An Important and Stable Source of External Development Finance; Chapter 2 Migrant Remittances in Africa: A Regional Perspective; Part II Maximizing the Development Impact of Remittances; Chapter 3 The Socioeconomic Impact of Remittances on Poverty Reduction; Chapter 4 Remittances and Economic Development in India and Pakistan; Chapter 5 Migrant Workers' Remittances: A Source of Finance for Micro-Enterprise Development in Bangladesh? ; Chapter 6 Migration and Development: The Philippine Experience Chapter 7 Remittances from Canada to Central America and the Caribbean; Part III Strengthening the Formal Financial Infrastructure for Remittances; Chapter 8 Exploring the Credit Union Experience with Remittances in the Latin American Market; Chapter 9 Remittances and Pyramid Investment Schemes in Albania; Chapter 10 International Remittances: Delivering Fair Value; Part IV Increasing Transparency in the Informal Financial Infrastructure for Remittances; Chapter 11 The Regulation and Supervision of Informal Funds Transfer Systems ; Chapter 12 Regulation and Supervision in a Vacuum: The Story of the Somali Remittance Sector Chapter 13 A Proposed Framework to Analyze Informal Funds Transfer Systems; Part V Migration, Development, and Remittances; Chapter 14 The Impact of International Migration and Remittances on Poverty; Chapter 15 Transnationalism and Development: Trends and Opportunities in Latin America; Chapter 16 Remittances: The New Development Mantra?; Index; Boxes; 1.1 Securitizing Future Flows of Workers' Remittances; 1.2 Mexican Matrículas Consulares Boost Remittances ; 1.3 Financial Fairs Promote Good Banking Habits 2.1 The Effects of Regulation on Remittances; 13.1 FATF's Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing; 13.2 FedACH's International Model; 13.3 Preliminary Obstacles to Estimating IFT; 16.1 The Limitations of Remittance Data: A Serious Caveat; Figures; 1.1 Workers' Remittances and Other Inflows; 1.2 Remittances Are Higher in Lower-Income Countries, 2003; 1.3 Remittances Are Higher in Lower-Income Countries, 2003; 1.4 Top 20 Developing-Country Recipients of Remittances, 2003; 1.5 Top 20 Developing-Country Recipients of Remittances, 2003 ; 1.6 Top Sources of Outward Remittances, 2003 1.7 Outward Remittances from the United States and Saudi Arabia; 1.8 Volatility of Remittances Compared to Private Flows in the Philippines; 1.9 Volatility of Remittances Compared to Private Flows in Turkey; 1.10 Volatility of Remittances, by Country Group, 1980's and 1990's; 1.11 India's Remittance Receipts; 1.12 Average Transfer Fee and Exchange Rate Commission for Sending US200, February 2002; 2.1 Remittances to Developing Countries,1970 to 2001; 2.2 Total Remittances to Africa,1990 to 2001; 2.3 Remittances by Region,1990 to 2001 ; 2.4 Regional Distribution of Remittances to Africa, 2001
• Sommario/riassunto: An excellent examination of the global remittances policy agenda, Remittances: Development Impact and Future Prospects is a timely and exciting resource for academics, development institutions, central banks, and all policy makers in developed and develop
• Titolo autorizzato: Remittances
• ISBN: 1-280-15562-0; 9786610155620; 0-8213-5795-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972622303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.