TY - BOOK ID - 510712 TI - Remittance markets in Africa AU - Mohapatra, Sanket AU - Ratha, Dilip. PY - 2011 SN - 0821384759 0821385534 9780821384756 9780821385531 9786613100061 1283100061 PB - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of minorities KW - International finance KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan --Economic conditions. KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan --Emigration and immigration --Economic aspects. KW - Africans --Economic aspects --Europe, Western. KW - Economic development --Finance --Africa, Sub-Saharan. KW - Emigrant remittances --Africa, Sub-Saharan. KW - Financial services industry --Africa, Sub-Saharan. KW - Immigrants --Economic aspects --Europe, Western. KW - Emigrant remittances KW - Economic development KW - Financial services industry KW - Africans KW - Immigrants KW - Finance KW - Business & Economics KW - International Finance KW - Economic History KW - Economic aspects KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Economic aspects. KW - Economic conditions. KW - Emigrants KW - Foreign-born population KW - Foreign population KW - Foreigners KW - Migrants KW - Services, Financial KW - Development, Economic KW - Economic growth KW - Growth, Economic KW - Immigrant remittances KW - Remittances, Emigrant KW - Africa, Black KW - Africa, Subsaharan KW - Africa, Tropical KW - Africa South of the Sahara KW - Black Africa KW - Sub-Sahara Africa KW - Subsahara Africa KW - Subsaharan Africa KW - Tropical Africa KW - Persons KW - Aliens KW - Ethnology KW - Service industries KW - Economic policy KW - Economics KW - Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) KW - Development economics KW - Resource curse KW - Foreign exchange UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:510712 AB - Remittances sent by African migrants have become an important source of external finance for countries in the Sub-Saharan African region. In many African countries, these flows are larger than foreign direct investment and portfolio debt and equity flows. In some cases, they are similar in size to official aid from multilateral and bilateral donors. Remittance markets in Africa, however, remain less developed than other regions. The share of informal or unrecorded remittances is among the highest for Sub-Saharan African countries. Remittance costs tend to be significantly higher in Africa both ER -