Remittances and development : lessons from Latin America

edited by Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto López

Workers' remittances have become a major source of financing for developing countries and are especially important in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which is at the top of the ranking of remittances receiving regions in the world. While there has been a recent surge in analytical work on the topic, this book is motivated by the large heterogeneity in migration and remittances patterns across countries and regions, and by the fact that existing evidence for LAC is restricted to only a few countries, such as Mexico and El Salvador. Because the nature of the phenomenon varies across count

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Year of publication:	c2008
Other Persons:	Fajnzylber, Pablo (contributor) ; Lopez, J. Humberto (contributor)
Institutions:	World Bank (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington, D.C : World Bank
Subject:	Lateinamerika \| Latin America \| Rücküberweisungen \| Remittances \| Entwicklung \| Economic development
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xxiv, 383 p) ill 23 cm
Series:	Latin American development forum series
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF REMITTANCES INLATIN AMERICA; 2 HOW IMPORTANT ARE REMITTANCES IN LATIN AMERICA?; FIGURE 2.1 REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF REMITTANCES IN 2005; FIGURE 2.2 ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF RECORDED REMITTANCES, 1980-2005; Table 2.1 International Flows to Low- and Middle-Income Countries; FIGURE 2.3 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL FLOWS, 1990 AND 2005; FIGURE 2.4 REMITTANCES IN LATIN AMERICA, 1980-2005; FIGURE 2.5 Remittances in Latin America in 2005; Table 2.2 Remittances to Latin American and Caribbean Countries (US millions) FIGURE 2.6 Share of Households Receiving Remittances, 2001FIGURE 2.7 Households Receiving Remittances by Income Distribution Quintile; FIGURE 2.8 Households Receiving Remittances by Quintile of Nonremittances Income Distribution; FIGURE 2.9 Households Receiving Remittances by Quintile of Total Income Distribution; FIGURE 2.10 Educational Characteristics of Households Receiving Remittances; Table 2.3 Percentage of Households with Migrants by Average Years of Adult Education (16-65 Years Old) in the Household; FIGURE 2.11 Average Annual Amount Reported by Recipients FIGURE 2.12 Income Share of Remittances by Income Quintile (Recipients Only)FIGURE 2.13 Income Share of Remittances by Income Quintile (All Households); FIGURE 2.14 Income and Remittances Distribution by Income Quintile; FIGURE 2.15 BOP-Based versus Household Survey-Based Remittances; 3 MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES IN LATIN AMERICA: PATTERNS AND DETERMINANTS; FIGURE 3.1 Latin American Migrants; FIGURE 3.2 Major Destinations of Latin American Migrants; FIGURE 3.3 Major European Destinations of Latin American Migrants, 2000; FIGURE 3.4 Age Profile at the Time of Arrival for Latin American Migrants FIGURE 3.5 Current Age Profile of Latin American MigrantsFIGURE 3.6 Education Profile of 1990s Latin American and Caribbean Migrants (Age 22 and Older); FIGURE 3.7 Education Profile of Native Population versus Migrants from Latin American and Caribbean Countries; Table 3.1 Education Profile of Latin American and Caribbean Migrants (Percent with a Given Educational Level); FIGURE 3.8 Share of Migrants in the United States with Tertiary Education; FIGURE 3.9 Share of Educated Workers Who Migrate FIGURE 3.10 Share of College-Educated Workers in the United States Who Received Their Degrees at HomeFIGURE 3.11 Share of Migrants in the United States with College Degrees According to Age of Entry; FIGURE 3.12 Occupational Distribution of Migrants in the United States Older than 22 at Time of Arrival (Current Age 22+); FIGURE 3.13 Occupational Distribution of Migrants in the United States Who Were Younger than 17 at Time of Arrival (Current Age 22+); FIGURE 3.14 Brain Waste: Home Tertiary Educated Migrants in the United States Who Were Older than 25 on Arrival FIGURE 3.15 Remittances as a Share of GDP Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	978-0-8213-6871-8 ; 0-8213-6870-2 ; 978-0-8213-6870-1 ; 0-8213-6871-0 ; 978-0-8213-6870-1
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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