Migrant worker remittances, micro-finance and the informal economy: prospects and issues

Shivani. Puri and Tineke. Ritzema

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Reviews data on unrecorded remittance flows, identifies the determinants of remittance flows and analyses their uses. Explores policy measures to attract remittances and to influence their domestic uses, highlighting the role of microfinance in linking unrecorded remittances to development. Focuses on the Asia-Pacific region, Sudan and Egypt.

Keywords: remittance; migrant workers.; microfinance; state intervention; financial market; informal economy; economic implication; statistical table; envoi de fonds; travailleur migrant; microfinance; intervention de l'Etat; marché financier; économie informelle; conséquences économiques; tableau statistique; remesa de dinero; trabajador migrante; microfinanciamiento; intervención estatal; mercado financiero; economía informal; consecuencias económicas; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 1999
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