UID:
almafu_9958125486002883
Format:
xxi, 97 pages, [1] folded leaf :
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illustrations maps (some color) ;
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26 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-30055-9
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9786613300553
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0-8213-7578-4
Series Statement:
World Bank working paper ; no. 149
Content:
In Malaysia, Indonesian migrants are showing an increasingly clear preference for informal transfer mechanisms compared to their counterparts in other countries. A little less than half of all Indonesian migrants overseas-thought to be around 2 million are working in Malaysia. An increasing number of migrants are women, and the corridor is also marked by a high number of undocumented migrants. Despite the increasing flows of migrants, only about 10 percent of the estimated flow of remittances into Indonesia from Malaysia is transferred through the formal system. The extent of the preference
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF BOXES; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Key Statistics of the Malaysia-Indonesia Remittance Corridor; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Global and Regional Trends The Context; CHAPTER 2 Migrants and Remittances The Corridor; CHAPTER 3 Transaction Flows; CHAPTER 4 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations; APPENDIXES; Bibliography; End piece Map: Indonesia Overseas Migrants (Outflows) and Remittances (Inflows) Based on Migrants' Place of Origin for the First Quarter 2007
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7577-6
Language:
English
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-7577-8
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