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REMITTANCES Though the sending countries lose professional people through
emigration , they do get substantial income from remittances . The World Bank
has estimated that the global flow of remittances in 1989 was $ 65 . 6 billion ...
REMITTANCES Though the sending countries lose professional people through
emigration , they do get substantial income from remittances . The World Bank
has estimated that the global flow of remittances in 1989 was $ 65 . 6 billion ...
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40 Pakistan , too , has been steadily loosening foreign exchange controls : in
1991 , the rules were changed to allow any Pakistani to operate a foreign
exchange account provided that it is fed by remittances from abroad or by foreign
currency ...
40 Pakistan , too , has been steadily loosening foreign exchange controls : in
1991 , the rules were changed to allow any Pakistani to operate a foreign
exchange account provided that it is fed by remittances from abroad or by foreign
currency ...
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Remittance data ( flow data ) The economic dimension is an independent
determinant of whether or not to select countries ... Countries or areas are
designated as major sending / emigration countries ( S ) if the inflow of
remittances from their ...
Remittance data ( flow data ) The economic dimension is an independent
determinant of whether or not to select countries ... Countries or areas are
designated as major sending / emigration countries ( S ) if the inflow of
remittances from their ...
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| Title | The Work of Strangers: A Survey of International Labour Migration |
| Authors | Peter Stalker, International Labour Office |
| Editor | Oficina Internacional del Trabajo (Ginebra) |
| Contributors | International Labour Organization, Organisation internationale du travail |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | International Labour Office, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 922108521X, 9789221085218 |
| Length | 327 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Emigration & Immigration |
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