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Migrant worker remittances, micro-finance and the informal economy : prospects and issues

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  • Puri, Shivani.
  • Ritzema, Tineke.

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Reviews data on unrecorded remittance flows, identifies the determinants of remittance flows and analyses their uses. Explores policy measures to attract remittances and to influence their domestic uses, highlighting the role of microfinance in linking unrecorded remittances to development. Focuses on the Asia-Pacific region, Sudan and Egypt.

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  • Puri, Shivani. & Ritzema, Tineke., 1999. "Migrant worker remittances, micro-finance and the informal economy : prospects and issues," ILO Working Papers 993576093402676, International Labour Organization.
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