Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Migrant workers sending money home has become the biggest source of foreign income in some poor European countries, the World Bank has said.
In a report on European and Central Asian (ECA) nations, the bank said that remittances sometimes beat foreign investment aid and exports in size.
Officially recorded payments in the region – which includes former Soviet states – were over $19bn (?9.67bn).
The largest amount of remittances, as a share of GDP, were sent to Moldova.
The study, using data from 2004, indicated that money sent there by migrants was equivalent to 27% of GDP – an estimated $705m.
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Source: BBC (link opens in a new window)
