South-South Migration and Remittances reports on preliminary results from an ongoing effort to improve data on … of South-South remittances range from 9 to 30 percent of developing countries' remittance receipts in 2005. Although the … increases in income can have substantial welfare implications for the poor. The costs of South-South remittances are even higher …

by the global financial crisis, principally through reductions in remittances, aid flows and FDI. It argues that the …