This Selected Issues paper on Samoa reports that remittances are the main source of foreign exchange to the Samoan … economy. In addition to remittances, travel credits also play an important role in the economy. Official transfers are also … significant, and should remain an important source of balance-of-payments support over the medium term. Remittances are relatively …

The dominant role of remittances in Comoros’s economy presents policymakers with important challenges and …

country, while brain drain repatriation seeks to effect a return of skills that might have been lost in migration. We show …

paper, the size and the sources of remittances to Armenia are first discussed. Then, the appropriate definition of … remittances and subsequently present estimates of the macroeconomic effects of remittances to Armenia are outlined. Remittances …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the surprising strength of remittances in Bangladesh and other countries in South … Asia and the Philippines in 2009. The empirical analysis suggests that the continued strong growth of remittances in these … of migrant workers from South Asia during 2006–08. The remittances-to-GDP ratio in South Asia and the Philippines are …