 The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008 was compiled by Dilip Ratha and Zhimei Xu of the Development Prospects Group of the Development Economics Vice Presidency, under the direction of Uri Dadush. The authors extend a special thanks to Sanket Mohapatra for his contributions and many discussions. They gratefully acknowledge the constructive comments and advice from Susan Martin, Changqing Sun, K. M. Vijayalakshmi, and Piyasiri Wickramasekara and offer many thanks to Nigar Farhad Aliyeva and Sarah Crow for their assistance in creating the online version of the Factbook.
Comments and suggestions for improvement of this Factbook - including new data sources - are greatly welcome and may be sent to dratha@worldbank.org
Migration and Remittances Team, Development Prospects Group, the World Bank www.worldbank.org/prospects/migrationandremittances

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