The Malaysia-Indonesia remittance corridor : making formal transfers the best option for women and undocumented migrants / Raúl Hernández-Coss [and others].

In Malaysia, Indonesian migrants are showing an increasingly clear preference for informal transfer mechanisms compared to their counterparts in other countries. A little less than half of all Indonesian migrants overseas--thought to be around 2 million--are working in Malaysia. An increasing number...

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Corporate Author: World Bank
Other Authors: Hernández-Coss, Raúl, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2008.
Series:World Bank working paper ; no. 149.
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Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF BOXES; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Key Statistics of the Malaysia-Indonesia Remittance Corridor; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Global and Regional Trends The Context; CHAPTER 2 Migrants and Remittances The Corridor; CHAPTER 3 Transaction Flows; CHAPTER 4 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations; APPENDIXES; Bibliography; Endpiece Map: Indonesia Overseas Migrants (Outflows) and Remittances (Inflows) Based on Migrants' Place of Origin for the First Quarter 2007.