Preliminary Estimates of Diaspora Savings

Ratha, Dilip ; Mohapatra, Sanket

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: BONDS;    DATA AVAILABILITY;    DEBTS;    DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;    DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS;   

RP-ID  :  63588

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Preliminary estimates, based on data onbilateral migrant stocks for 2010 and assumptions aboutmigrant incomes, suggest that annual diaspora savings ofdeveloping countries could be in the range of $400 billion.Diaspora saving as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)is estimated to be 2.3 percent in middle-income countriesand as high as 9 percent in low-income countries.