China, Philippines and Indonesia, top remittance receivers in 2007
According to the Bank's recently published Migration and Remittances Factbook, the Top 10 remittance recipients in East Asia & Pacific in 2007 were: China ($25.7 bn), Philippines ($17.0 bn),...
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Impact of climate change on conflict and migration
Last week the World Bank hosted a workshop on the social dimension of climate change, a good chance for insights from the dark side of the moon.
View ArticlePlastic bags vs jobs -- there is really no dilemma for China
Andrew Leonard posts in his blog an interesting report from journalist Tony Cheng of Al-Jazeera:
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Sichuan earthquake leaves migrant workers worrying about left-behind children
In Qingshen village, with some of the grandparents taking care of left-behind children and the NGO members who help them out.
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Live discussion on China with David Dollar and Louis Kuijs - Transcript
Regular bloggers David Dollar and Louis Kuijs participated earlier today in a live online discussion on the World Bank site about the latest edition of the
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A stark reality for islanders: there are not enough jobs to go around
Kiribati is the easternmost country in the world, and was the first country to enter into the year 2000.
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Is 'brain drain' a thing of the past?
Lately, I’ve noticed several bloggers and news sites have picked up on an interesting trend migration trend that many have dubbed "reverse brain drain" – the return of skilled immigrants to their home...
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Remittances to East Asia & Pacific expected to fall by 4 to 7.4 percent in 2009
As jobs become fewer and income harder to come by for immigrants in developed countries, the amount of money they send back home, known as remittances, is expected to fall this year more than...
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Remittances and the Philippines' economy: the elephant in the room
In the World Bank's latest semi-annual economic update for the East Asia and Pacific region, titled "Battling the Forces of Global Recession" and released today, we mentioned the Philippine economy's...
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Remittances to East Asian countries now expected to fall 6 to 8.8 percent in...
A few weeks ago, the World Bank’s migration and remittances team released its latest forecast of global remittance flows, indicating that even fewer migrants from developing East Asian and Pacific...
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Far from home in China: conversations with migrant workers searching for...
Quality Control Inspector Jiang Peng walks on scaffolding along the foundation of the water treatment facility.While traveling through China recently, I had an opportunity to visit the Shanghai Urban...
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