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WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A. (IDB) - Latin American and Caribbean migrants sent $61 billion in remittances to their home countries last year, up 6 percent from $57.6 billion in 2010, according to a report released today by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank group.

 

Last year’s increase confirmed the upward trend in migrants’ money transfers that started in mid-2010, after the double digit drop in remittances recorded in 2009 as a result of the economic crisis. In 2011, nearly every country in this region received a greater dollar amount in remittances than the previous year. “For the remittance market in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2011 was a year of renewed growth after the 2008-2010 period, despite persistent economic uncertainty in Europe,” the report noted.

 

For 2012, the MIF expects remittances to this region to grow at a similar rate as last year. Most of the money continued to be sent from traditional host countries such as the United States and Western Europe. In the United States, source of about three-quarters of remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean, foreign workers saw improving employment and wage levels. As a consequence, migrants made more transfers for higher amounts than the previous year. In contrast, uncertain employment prospects in Europe resulted in drops in remittance flows to Latin America in the fourth quarter of 2011.

 

In the case of Spain, the migrant population shrank by as much as 2 percent last year, as foreign workers (particularly men who lost jobs in the construction industry) left that country. Brazil was the only Latin American country that registered a drop in remittances received in 2011, measured in nominal terms. These flows dipped nearly 5 percent to about $2.0 billion. In contrast migrant transfers to Brazil – typically one-off transactions made when foreign workers decide to return to their countries of origin – jumped 51 percent to $2.1 billion, and for the first time exceeded workers’ remittances to that country. This recent trend has led the MIF to adopt a narrower definition of remittances to Brazil, which considers only the money sent home by migrants living abroad for extended periods and leaves out other flows such as migrant transfers and the money sent home by temporary workers. Currency fluctuations and inflation also affected the value of the money sent home by expatriate workers. Last year Mexican migrants sent home $22.7 billion, which adjusted for inflation and currency variations were worth 17.5 percent more in pesos. In contrast, migrant remittances to Brazil were worth 15 percent less when expressed in reais, the local currency, and adjusted for inflation.

 

Remittances remain a major source of income for many countries in this region. In several of the smaller and poorer nations, they far exceed external aid and net foreign direct investment. “The importance of these flows lies in the vital role they play for millions of recipient families that depend on remittances for basic needs, even in countries with higher GDP levels,” the report noted. “In the absence of this regular source of income that these families receive from their family members abroad, many would fall below the poverty line.” In recent years, as regional economies improved, remittances have become a smaller share of gross domestic product. In several countries, however, remittances are still more than 10 percent of GDP. In Haiti, which last year received nearly $2.1 billion, they represented more than one quarter of the national income.

 

 

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So I will use  the US$1 dollar to GY$200 conversion ratio.  In 2011, Ashni Singh presented a GUY$161.4 billion (US$800M+) Budget for the financial year 2011-2012.  The remittance of  US$401M in 2011, then that would be GY$80.2B or 50% of  the 2011 Budget!  I doubt this amount includes amounts that were sent or brought in via persons.

 

So where is the representation by the Diaspora? The AFC is the only party with a plan for inclusion of the Diaspora.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Mitwah:

So I will use  the US$1 dollar to GY$200 conversion ratio.  In 2011, Ashni Singh presented a GUY$161.4 billion (US$800M+) Budget for the financial year 2011-2012.  The remittance of  US$401M in 2011, then that would be GY$80.2B or 50% of  the 2011 Budget!  I doubt this amount includes amounts that were sent or brought in via persons.

 

So where is the representation by the Diaspora? The AFC is the only party with a plan for inclusion of the Diaspora.


Dont forget another 20-25% drug money

GY$204.00 to US$1.00

Pointblank

ya'll gats to be like me man. when these Guyanese politcians come to NY fuh bullshyte people dem, just threaten fuh slap the sh1t outta dem and remind them that if we stop sending cash and barrels the country gone fuh channa . In fact , I helping big time fuh pay dem minista and parlimentarian salary so, dem betta watch out ra55 before me cut dem off . Ahwee dese backside ah bassman... nat BJ and Donald Quack and others but,  ya'll ah mek fawthead leada dem tink dem ah bassman... dat is why dem ah fawt and kaka pun all alyuh . ra55 man alyuh nah gt shame ?

FM
Originally Posted by warrior:

all those money went back to guyana,and the ppp supporters did not send back non for they family and friends infact they thief the election donation ask sledge

Bai ah gat some cousins who was die hard PPPites and in the 1970's dem hosted a fundraising event for the PPP in 1972 or 1973 at Leonora ,and the PPP Excom show up eat out and drink out all de profits and lef dem poor Leonora bais broke like a ra55 . Each wan ah dem PPP Excom members show up with dem own entourage and dem eat and drink like a ra55 . When meh cousin tell de story ah bruk up with laff since den ...de man kecth sense and buss aff de PPP . Anyways , a few year ago somebody tief out he fadda house , including de concrete foundation .When get de phone call bout it and he went back he cuss Bharrat Jagdeo and PPP nasty and to this day de man ah still cuss PPP .

FM

A lot of the money that is reported as remittances is actually drug proceeds being laundered. When someone sends $9000 through Western Union, it shows up as a remittance but guess what it really is.

Mars
Originally Posted by God:

A lot of the money that is reported as remittances is actually drug proceeds being laundered. When someone sends $9000 through Western Union, it shows up as a remittance but guess what it really is.

God, who sent $9,000 ?

Mitwah

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