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In 2007, remittances sent only via official channels by global migrant workers were estimated to exceed US$318 billion, more than twice the amount recorded in 2001. Nearly one in 10 persons born in Mexico lived in the United States in 2005 and one in seven was engaged in the US labor force. What are the human capital, social, and economic implications of emigration on sending countries and communities?

Scroll down for links to key research and policy papers on the topic available through MPI’s Migrants, Migration, and Development Program, and the Migration Information Source.

Global Remittances Guide

World Migration Map

Global City Migration Map

Further resources on the Hub (maps and other data):

• State of Birth of Mexican-Born Population Residing in the United States, 2003
• World Map of Overseas Filipino Workers by Destination, Annual Average, 2002 to 2006
• Number of Filipino Workers in the Middle East and East Asia, Annual Average, 2002 to 2006

Recent research from MPI’s Migrants, Migration, and Development Program:

• Protecting Overseas Workers: Lessons and Cautions from the Philippines
  By Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, MPI, and Neil Ruiz, Brookings Institution
  Insight, September 2007
  The authors examine one method of tackling a problem of protecting overseas migrant workers from the perspective of the Philippines.
• Leveraging Remittances for Development
  By Dilip Ratha, The World Bank, June 2007
• The Phenomenal Rise in Remittances to India: A Closer Look
  By Muzaffar A. Chishti
  Policy Brief, May 2007
• Variable Impacts: State-level Analysis of the Slowdown of the Growth in Remittances to Mexico
  By Aaron Matteo Terrazas
  Fact Sheet No. 19, September 2007
  The author explores the relative importance of remittances in India’s economy, identifies factors responsible for their exponential gain, focusing on the effects of government and commercial bank policies, the profile of recent emigrants, and the strength of the Indian economy.

For more information, go to MPI's Migrants, Migration, and Development Program Homepage

Read Source articles on migration and development:

• Special Issue on Migration and Development
  The Special Issue brings you a fresh look at this hot topic, from Mexico's experience to remittances in India to the link between temporary worker programs and development
  

For more information, go to the Migration Information Source