Migration and remittances during the global financial crisis and beyond / edited by Ibrahim Sirkeci, Jeffrey H. Cohen, Dilip Ratha.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I -- Chapter 1 Theoretical Appraisal: Understanding Remittances / Jeffrey H. Cohen Cohen, Jeffrey H., Ibrahim Sirkeci Sirkeci, Ibrahim 15 -- Chapter 2 Forecasting Migrant Remittances during the Global Financial Crisis / Sanket Mohapatra Mohapatra, Sanket, Dilip Ratha Ratha, Dilip 23 -- Chapter 3 Economic Crises and Migration: Learning from the Past and the Present / Tim Green Green, Tim, L. Alan Winters Winters, L. Alan 35 -- Chapter 4 Remittance Flow, Working Capital Formation, and Economic Growth / Gabriela Mundaca Mundaca, Gabriela 53 -- Part II -- Chapter 5 The Financial Crisis in the Gulf and Its Impact on South Asian Migration and Remittances / S. Irudaya Rajan Rajan, S. Irudaya, D. Narayana Narayana, D. 67 -- Chapter 6 Gendered Use of Remittances: The United Arab Emirates-Bangladesh Remittance Corridor / Md Mizanur Rahman Rahman, Md Mizanur, Danièle Bélanger Bélanger, Danièle 81 -- Chapter 7 Trends and Correlates of Remittances to India / Poonam Gupta Gupta, Poonam, Karan Singh Singh, Karan 93 -- Chapter 8 Shocks Affecting the Flow and Stability of Workers' Remittances to India / Bhupal Singh Singh, Bhupal 107 -- Chapter 9 Migrant Remittances in Nepal: Impact of Global Financial Crisis and Policy Options / Sanket Mohapatra Mohapatra, Sanket, Dilip Ratha Ratha, Dilip, Ani Silwal Silwal, Ani 121 -- Chapter 10 Nepal: Migration History and Trends / Jeevan Raj Sharma Sharma, Jeevan Raj 137 -- Chapter 11 Resilience of Remittances during the Global Financial Crisis and the Entrenchment of Migration / Andrea Riester Riester, Andrea 141 -- Chapter 12 Rural-Urban Migration in the Context of Thailand's Ongoing Uneven Development / Gregory S. Gullette Gullette, Gregory S. 149 -- Chapter 13 Migration and Remittances in Bangladesh and Pakistan: Evidence from Two Host Countries / Guntur Sugiyarto Sugiyarto, Guntur, Carlos Vargas-Silva Vargas-Silva, Carlos, Shikha Jha Jha, Shikha 153 -- Chapter 14 Impacts of the Crisis on Migrants and Their Families: A Case Study from Bangladesh / Guntur Sugiyarto Sugiyarto, Guntur, Selim Raihan Raihan, Selim, Carlos Vargas-Silva Vargas-Silva, Carlos, Shikha Jha Jha, Shikha 171 -- Part III -- Chapter 15 The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Remittance Flows: The Case of El Salvador / Pablo Acosta Acosta, Pablo, Javier Baez Baez, Javier, Rodolfo Beazley Beazley, Rodolfo, Edmundo Murrugarra Murrugarra, Edmundo 183 -- Chapter 16 Remittance Flows to Mexico and Employment and Total Earnings of Mexican Immigrant Workers in the United States / Jesús A. Cervantes González González, Jesús A. Cervantes, Alejandro Barajas del Pino Pino, Alejandro Barajas del 193 -- Part IV -- Chapter 17 The Impact of the Global Economic Downturn on Remittances from the European Union / Oscar Gómez Lacalle Lacalle, Oscar Gómez 215 -- Chapter 18 Remittances and Evolving Migration Flows from Central and Eastern Europe to the United Kingdom / Simon Pemberton Pemberton, Simon, Lisa Scullion Scullion, Lisa 227 -- Chapter 19 Effects of the Global Crisis on Migration and Remittances in Albania / Ilir Gedeshi Gedeshi, Ilir, Nicolaas de Zwager Zwager, Nicolaas de 237 -- Chapter 20 The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Migration to and Remittance Flows from Spain / Marta Roig Roig, Marta, Joaquín Recaño-Valverde Recaño-Valverde, Joaquín 255 -- Part V -- Chapter 21 Forecasting Turkish Workers' Remittances from Germany during the Financial Crisis / Sule Akkoyunlu Akkoyunlu, Sule 273 -- Chapter 22 Remittances in an Environment of Human Insecurity: The Kurdish Case / Ibrahim Sirkeci Sirkeci, Ibrahim 289 -- Chapter 23 Financial Crisis and Remittances from Denmark to Turkey / Pinar Yazgan Yazgan, Pinar, Ibrahim Sirkeci Sirkeci, Ibrahim 295 -- Chapter 24 Work and Remittance Patterns of Irregular Immigrants in Turkey / Oguzhan Ömer Demir Demir, Oguzhan Ömer, M. Alper Sozer Sozer, M. Alper 303 -- Part VI -- Chapter 25 Labor Migration, Overseas Remittances, and Local Outcomes in the Contemporary Philippines / Ty Matejowsky Matejowsky, Ty 315 -- Chapter 26 The New Zealand-Pacific Remittance Corridor: Lowering Remittance Costs / Don Abel Abel, Don, Kim Hailwood Hailwood, Kim 319 -- Chapter 27 Role of Trade Openness, Remittances, Capital Inflows, and Financial Development in Vanuatu / Ronald R. Kumar Kumar, Ronald R. 325 -- Part VII -- Chapter 28 Remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa in the Wake of a Financial Crisis: Source of Resilience or Vulnerability? / Wim Naudé Naudé, Wim, Henri Bezuidenhout Bezuidenhout, Henri 337 -- Chapter 29 From Shock Absorber to Shock Transmitter: Determinants of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa / Raju Jan Singh Singh, Raju Jan 349 -- Chapter 30 A Comparative Examination of Women's Remittance Practices in Two Somali Communities: Johannesburg, South Africa, and Columbus, Ohio / Marnie Shaffer Shaffer, Marnie 359 -- Part VIII -- Chapter 31 The Global Crisis and Expatriates' Remittances to Lebanon / Nassib Ghobril Ghobril, Nassib 365 -- Chapter 32 Migrant Transfers in the MENA Region: A Two-Way Street in Which.