How migrants who send money home have become a global economic force

Jun 14, 2018

Migrants contribute to their families and communities in their country of origin by sending money home

Migrants send home more money than countries receive in aid. Image: REUTERS/Eric Thayer

William Lacy Swing

Digital Member, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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Top remittance receivers in 2016 Image: IMF and World Bank

Control over earning is an important dynamism in women's empowerment. A woman returnee migrant worker from Saudi Arabia exchange money at the money changer booth at the ZIA International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Image: IOM/Bashir Ahmed Sujan

All amounts are in US dollars Image: World Bank

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