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A Study of Migrant-Sending Households in Serbia Receiving Remittances from Switzerland / Jennifer Petree and Nilim Baruah.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Petree, Jennifer, author.
- Series:
- IOM migration research series ; no.28.
- IOM Migration Research Series ; no.28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Migration.
- Serbia.
- Switzerland.
- Local Subjects:
- Migration.
- Serbia.
- Switzerland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (87 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : United Nations, 2007.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This report specifically presents the results of IOM's mandated work, in particular, the volume, frequency, transfer mechanisms, use, determinants, and impact of remittances on transnational Serbian households receiving support from relatives in Switzerland. This report concludes with recommendations for ways in which these remittance flows and their development impacts can be enhanced.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Background and context
- Profile of migrant-sending households and their relatives living in switzerland
- Remittance flows at the macro and micro levels
- Remittance transfer mechanisms, determinants and frequency patterns
- Patterns of remittance use, investment and determinants
- Impact of remittances on recipient households
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select bibliography.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9789213630204
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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