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RubRik hieRThe top ten countries from which migrants remit money (in USD bn)-8.1 -9.9 -10.6 -12.6 -13 -15.9 -18.6 -19.6 -26 -48.3NetHerlaNDsKUwaItlUXemBOUrGspaINItalYGermaNYrUssIaswItZerlaNDsaUDI araBIaFollow the money:Rich relativesMigrants feed many families in their home countries, and playa major part in economic development. Many poor countries earnmore from remittances than from aid and foreign investmentmeXICOpHIlIppINesUsaFraNCeGermaNYBaNGlaDesHBelGIUmspaINNIGerIaCHINaINDIa14 THINK AcT sepTember 2011
RubRik hieR+55 +51 +22.6 +21.3 +15.9 +11.6 +11.1 +10.4 +10.2 +10Remittance economiesThe top ten countries to which migrants send money (in USD bn)improved working conditionsglobalizationThe boom in saudi Arabia and theUnited Arab emirates has attr<strong>act</strong>edhundreds of thousands of guestworkersfrom southeast Asia. According to Humanrights Watch, around 600,000 migrantsfrom that region work in the UAe alone,300,000 of them in Dubai. by far themajority work in construction andunskilled jobs, and both groups oftensuffer poor pay and living conditions.The problems often begin with therecruitment process: agencies in theworkers’ home countries chargecommissions. The cost of flights, visasand medical tests must also be takeninto account. saudi Arabia and Indonesiahave taken steps to improve the workingconditions of Indonesian workers, andthere are also changes afoot in AbuDhabi, which has set up an independentemployment regulatory body.states with thehighest proportionsof immigrants,2010states where remittancesaccount for the highestproportion of GDp,2009QATAr moNAco UTD. ArAbemIrATesTAJIKIsTAN86.5 71.6 70.035.028.0 25.0ToNGA LesoTHoimmigrants and emigrantsin these countries (million)Immigrants+10.8+5.4+6.7+6.9inDiachinamEXicoPhiLiPPinESFRancEGERmanYBanGLaDEShBELGiUm SPainniGERiaemigrants-4.3-8.3-5.4-11.4-11.9THINK AcT sepTember 2011 15sfd 2009 / 2010 source: World bank, Illustration: Jörg block
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