Using Remittance Transaction Data for Timely Estimation of the Foreign Worker Population in Malaysia

Using Remittance Transaction Data for Timely Estimation of the Foreign Worker Population in Malaysia

Malaysia has been grappling with understanding how many foreign workers reside in the country and thus faces challenges in formulating evidence-based foreign worker policies. This paper investigates how to use micro-level remittance transaction dat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ahmad, Zainab Ali, Simler, Kenneth, Yi, Soonhwa
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
REMITTANCES
FOREIGN WORKERS
MIGRANT LABOR
MONEY TRANSFER MECHANISM
LABOR FORCE
LABOR POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/726721591929703728/Using-Remittance-Transaction-Data-for-Timely-Estimation-of-the-Foreign-Worker-Population-in-Malaysia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33913

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/726721591929703728/Using-Remittance-Transaction-Data-for-Timely-Estimation-of-the-Foreign-Worker-Population-in-Malaysia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33913

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