{"product_id":"9780821374146","title":"Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008","description":"'The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008' attempts to present the numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration, skilled emigration, and remittance flows for 194 countries, and 13 regional and income groups. Some interesting facts from the Factbook:\u003cp\u003e- Nearly 200 million people, or 3 percent of the world population, live outside their countries of birth. Current migration flows, relative to population, are weaker than those of the last decades of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The volume of South-South migration is almost as large as that of South-North migration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- International migration is dominated by voluntary migration, which is driven by economic factors. In 2005, refugees numbered only 13.5 million, or just over 7 percent of international migrants. The share of refugees in the population of low-income countries was more than five times larger than the share in high-income OECD countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Worldwide remittance flows are estimated to have exceeded $318 billion in 2007, of which developing countries received $240 billion. The true size, including unrecorded flows through formal and informal channels, is believed to be significantly larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Bank Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110849364208,"sku":"9780821374146","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780821374146_p0.jpg?v=1763751146","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780821374146","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}