Ukrainian labor migrants in one year listed the home for $9 billion
The conflict in Ukraine and punishment on the Russian economy have the opportunity to influence the volume of remittances in Europe and Central Asia, informs.
This forecast belongs to the world Bank to extend its own new report. The world Bank predicts that in 2014 the number of money transfers of labor migrants in developing countries will increase by 5%.
" last year, remittances to developing countries amounted to $413 billion On current forecasts, this year this figure will reach $435 billion Obliged to remind you, it's only officially documented data. This does not include the volume of remittances through informal channels, " says a senior world Bank economist Dilip Ratha.
one of the indicators - the receipts of money from migrants as a percentage of GDP - unconditional superiority take the post-Soviet countries: Tajikistan (42%) and Kyrgyzstan (32%), fourth - Moldova (25%).
If you take another criterion is the volume of transfers in terms of money - the first place is occupied by India ($72 billion), the second China ($64 billion). Ukraine with $9 billion in tenth place.
In the current year, the total volume of remittances worldwide, including translations in countries with a high level of parish funds, $582 billion and in 2015 - $608 billion, predicts the world Bank.