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Sending money home: Worldwide remittance flows to developing countries

Fuente:  FIDA

Resumen: Mapa de que muestra la distribución de los envíos de remesas de 150 milliones de migrantes en todo el mundo de US$300 billiones a sus familias en los países en vías de desarrollo (artículo en inglés).

Remittances, the portion of migrant workers’ earnings sent home to their families, have been a critical means of financial support for generations. For the most part, these flows have historically been “hidden in plain view”, often uncounted and even ignored. All that is changing. As the scale of migration increases, the corresponding growth in remittances is gaining widespread attention.