Remittances remain a key source of funds for developing countries, far exceeding official development assistance and even foreign direct investment. Remittances have proved to be more stable than private debt and portfolio equity flows, and less volatile than official aid flows, and their annual...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Highlights -- Data Notes -- Abbreviations -- Migration and Remittances: Top Countries -- South-South Migration versus South-North Migration -- Remittances Compared with Other Resource Flows -- World -- Developing Countries -- Regional Tables --...