Migration and Development Brief April 2016: Migration and Remittances - Recent Developments and Outlook
By Dilip Ratha, Supriyo De, Sonia Plaza and
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remittance flows and related policies over the past six months. It also provides medium-term
(three year) projections of remittance flows to developing countries.
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