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migrant remittances [2 records]

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Record 1 2023-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • National and International Economics
DEF

... the money immigrants send to family members in their country of origin ...

CONT

[...] since the late 1990s, remittances sent home by international migrants have become a major source of external funding for the developing world and have exceeded official development assistance.

CONT

... migrant remittances, while accounting for a large percentage of the money flowing from the United States to developing countries, should not be confused with development aid.

OBS

immigrant remittance; migrant remittance; remittance: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • immigrant remittances
  • migrant remittances
  • remittances

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Économie nationale et internationale
DEF

[...] argent que les immigrants envoient aux membres de leur famille dans leur pays d'origine [...]

CONT

Les habitudes de transfert de fonds des immigrants varient aussi en fonction de leurs revenus au Canada. Plus le salaire de l'immigrant est élevé, plus il est susceptible d'aider sa famille d'origine, évidemment.

OBS

transfert de fonds : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • transferts de fonds

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Population Movements
CONT

Support initiatives designed to strengthen linkages among migrant communities abroad and their places of origin and promote cooperative mechanisms that simplify and speed up the transfer of migrant remittances and substantially reduce the costs of sending them ...

Key term(s)
  • migrant remittance
  • migrants remittances

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Mouvements de population
Key term(s)
  • transfert d'argent du migrant
  • transferts d'argent du migrant

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
  • Movimientos de población
Key term(s)
  • remesa del emigrante
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