Migration and Development Brief
Migration and Development Brief 29
Remittances to low- and middle-income countries rebounded to a record level in 2017 after two consecutive years of decline, says the World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief.
The Bank estimates that officially recorded remittances to low- and middle-income countries reached $466 billion in 2017, an increase of 8.5 percent over $429 billion in 2016. Global remittances, which include flows to high-income countries, grew 7 percent to $613 billion in 2017, from $573 billion in 2016.
Date
April
2018
Report Chapters and Remittance Inflows and Outflows Data
FULL REPORT
- TRENDS IN GLOBAL REMITTANCE FLOWS
- Remittances Rebounded to a Record Level in 2017
- Outlook for Remittances, 2018–20
- Trends in the Costs of Remittances (SDG Indicator 10.c.1)
- De-risking by Commercial Banks Continues to Impact Remittance Costs
- Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain
- MIGRATION FLOWS
- International Migration Data and Estimates
- Refugee Movements and Forced Displacements
- Recruitment Costs Paid by Low-Skilled Migrant Workers (SDG Indicator 10.7.1)
- Global Compact on Migration
- Global Compact on Refugees
- SPECIAL TOPIC: TRANSIT MIGRATION
- Not All Transit Migrants Want to Migrate to Europe or the United States
- Drivers: Transit, Because Direct Passage to Final Destination Is Not Possible
- Impacts: A Global Loss
- Policy Responses: Respect the Human Rights of Transit Migrants
- REGIONAL TRENDS IN MIGRATION AND REMITTANCE FLOWS
- Remittances to East Asia and the Pacific Rebounded in 2017
- Remittances to Europe and Central Asia Grew Rapidly in 2017
- Remittances Flows into Latin America and the Caribbean Are Strong and Continue to Rise
- Remittances to the Middle East and North Africa Bounced Back in 2017
- Remittances to South Asia Grew Moderately in 2017
- Remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa Accelerated in 2017