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World Bank: bilateral matrixes of migrants and of remittances (estimates)
Provides, without restrictions, in Excel format, matrixes of origin/destination of migrants and of remittances, with estimations by country, since 2010. +

Link  https://www.knomad.org/data/remittances

 

Description

Matrixes of origin/destination and of remittances (estimations).

Source: data from the World Bank, estimations from the United Nations and methodology presented in Ratha and Shaw (2007).

Time period (migrants): 2010 and 2013.

Time period (remittances): annual, since 2010.

Geographical scope: worldwide (over 200 countries).

Included variables (migrants): country of origin (country of birth or, when not available, nationality), country of destination (residence), stock of migrants.

Included variables (remittances): country of origin, country of destination, value of remittances (in millions of US dollars).

 

Migration and Remittances Factbook

The data from the bilateral matrixes is still used, in records by country, with other statistical information supplied by the World Bank, in the three editions of Migration and Remittances Factbook.

Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016: http://www.worldbank.org/en/research/brief/migration-and-remittances
Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011: https://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/978-0-8213-8218-9
Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9078892/migration-remittances-factbook-2008-migration-remittances-factbook-2008

 

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