Preliminary Estimates of Diaspora Savings

Preliminary Estimates of Diaspora Savings

Preliminary estimates, based on data on bilateral migrant stocks for 2010 and assumptions about migrant incomes, suggest that annual diaspora savings of developing countries could be in the range of $400 billion. Diaspora saving as a share of Gross...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ratha, Dilip, Mohapatra, Sanket
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BONDS
DATA AVAILABILITY
DEBTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIASPORA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EMIGRATION
GDP
GENDER
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HOUSEHOLDS
IMMIGRANTS
INCOME
INCOMES
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIGRANT WORKERS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
NATIONAL INCOME
NORMS
PER CAPITA INCOME
RETURN MIGRATION
SAVINGS
WEALTH
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/02/14721541/preliminary-estimates-diaspora-savings
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10902
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Summary:Preliminary estimates, based on data on bilateral migrant stocks for 2010 and assumptions about migrant incomes, suggest that annual diaspora savings of developing countries could be in the range of $400 billion. Diaspora saving as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to be 2.3 percent in middle-income countries and as high as 9 percent in low-income countries.

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