eBook

Migrant labor remittances in South Asia

Maimbo, Samuel Munzele, World Bank

2005

Overview

According to a recent World Bank study of remittances, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are all among the top 20 receivers of remittances, with estimated receipts of US3.2 billion, US8.4 billion and U.S 1.5 billion respectively. Migrant Labor Remittances in South Asia identifies and discusses the key issues affecting the remittance industry in South Asia. It examines the development and implementation of policies, processes, and infrastructure to foster a development-oriented transfer of financial resources between migrants in developed economies and their families in the region. Rather than duplicate previous remittances work, this title only focuses on the region’s distinguishing characteristics, namely: A large migrant population of semi-skilled and unskilled workers largely concentrated in the Arabian Gulf countries, particularly Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.; The presence of dedicated public institutions and government financial incentives aimed at facilitating and providing incentives for temporary migration and remittance inflows; The existence of large state bank branch networks with immense potential for a more effective and efficient remittance financial market.; The widespread usage of trade related informal remittance channels by both legal and illegal migrants. The book is intended for policymakers who legislate and regulate the financial sector, as well as for researchers and providers of remittance services.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCOUNTABILITY / Alien labor, South Asian -- Arab countries / Arab countries / Asia / AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES / AVERAGE INCOME / Bank / BANK ACCOUNTS / BANK BRANCHES / Banking / BANKING SERVICES / BANKING SYSTEMS / Banks and banking / Banks and banking -- South Asia / CLEARING HOUSE / COMMERCIAL BANK / COMMERCIAL BANKS / COUNTRY DATA / DEPENDENT VARIABLE / DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / DEVELOPING WORLD / DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS / DEVELOPMENT REPORT / DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY / Economic aspects / ECONOMIC CONDITIONS / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC POLICY / ECONOMICS / Emigrant remittances / Emigrant remittances -- South Asia / EMPLOYMENT / EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES / FAMILY WELFARE / Finance / FINANCIAL FLOWS / FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS / FINANCIAL SECTOR / FINANCIAL SERVICES / FINANCIAL SYSTEMS / FOREIGN BANKS / FOREIGN EXCHANGE / Foreign workers, South Asian / GINI COEFFICIENT / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / HOUSEHOLD BUDGET / HOUSEHOLD SURVEY / HOUSING / Immigration and emigration / IMPACT ON POVERTY / INCOME / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / INCOME INEQUALITY / INCREASED INVESTMENT / INDEPENDENT VARIABLES / INEQUALITY / Infrastructure (Economics) / Infrastructure (Economics) -- South Asia -- Finance / INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS / INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION / LABOR MARKETS / Labour migration / LEGISLATION / LONG RUN / LOTTERIES / MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS / MARGINAL PROPENSITY / MEAN INCOME / MIDDLE EAST / MIDDLE INCOME / MIGRANT / MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS / MIGRANT WORKERS / MIGRANTS / MIGRATION EXPERIENCE / Migrationspolitik / MONEY TRANSFERS / NATIONALIZED BANKS / NONBANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS / NORTH AFRICA / OUTPUT GROWTH / PER CAPITA INCOME / POINT ESTIMATES / POLICY DISCUSSION / POLICY IMPLICATIONS / POLICY MAKERS / POOR / POVERTY DATA / POVERTY GAP / POVERTY GAP INDEX / POVERTY IMPACT / POVERTY LINE / POVERTY MEASURE / POVERTY MEASURES / POVERTY REDUCTION / PROFITABILITY / PUBLIC HOUSING / PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE / PUBLIC POLICY / REMITTANCE / REMITTANCES / RESERVE BANK OF INDIA / RURAL / RURAL ASSETS / RURAL COMMUNITIES / RURAL FAMILIES / RURAL HOUSEHOLDS / RURAL POOR / Rücküberweisungen / SAVINGS / South Asia / South Asia -- Economic conditions / SOUTH ASIAN / SQUARED POVERTY GAP / SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX / STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN / STATE BANKS / SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA / SUBSIDIARY / Südasien / TRANSACTION COSTS / UNSKILLED WORKERS
• ISBN: 9780821361832, 082136183X, 0821361848, 9780821361849