The impact of global economic crisis on remittances in the commonwealth of independent states

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-463

  O'Hara, Sarah ^a   Ivlevs, Artjoms ^a   Gentile, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balance of payments; CIS; FDI; Global economic crisis; Kazakhstan; Migrant workers; Remittances; Russia

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; MIGRANT WORKER; REMITTANCE;

KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 76149094528     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.4.447     Document Type: Article

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