“Russia is home to the second largest number of migrants in the world after the United States, with an estimated 3 million to 3.5 million undocumented immigrants. And many economies are heavily dependent on remittances—the money migrant workers send home to their families from abroad. According to official figures, remittances constitute over 20 percent of GDP in Moldova and Bosnia, and over 10 percent in Albania, Armenia, and Tajikistan. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the actual remittances flows may be much larger than these official numbers, according to the report.
That’s from a new World Bank report; Migration and Remittances: Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
The methodologies for analysis used in the report include;
1. Cross-country statistical analyses of migration flow and stock levels and rates. In collecting a database of migration statistics, several different sources are drawn upon:a. Administrative data obtained from national population estimates
b. Decennial population censuses
2. Comparative historical analyses of the Southern European countries’ experiences with international migration to develop some insight into migration from ECA countries.
3. Statistical estimations of the determinants of migration and the economic impact of remittances.
4. Model-based simulations of the impact of adjusting economic and labor-market policies on creating the incentive for circular migration while drying up the market for undocumented migration.
5. The results of on-the-ground surveys with returned migrants in six ECA countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Romania, and Tajikistan
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