Remittances: Background and Issues for Congress

Weiss, Martin A.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Money;    Capital;    Capital movements;    Immigration policy;   

RP-ID  :  R43217
RP-ID  :  R43217_2016May09

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report focuses on remittances, transfers of money and capital, sent by migrants and foreign immigrant communities from the United States to their home country. At over $432 billion in 2015, remittances sent home by international migrants to developing countries is larger than official development assistance (ODA) and more stable than private capital flows to these countries.