1. Working abroad – the patterns of migration flows and remittances across countries Anne Harrison, Tolani Britton and Annika Swanson

2. Round Table on Sustainable Development Ministerial level meetings directed to finding means to implement goals agreed internationally to further sustainable development globally Focus on the impacts of OECD countries on countries in the rest of the world

3. Sustainable development Economic development which respects the contribution of the environment and the fact that economies ultimately function for the benefit of people

4. International agreements Plan of implementation from WSSD MDGs Monterrey consensus on investment and development Doha development agreement

5. Sustaining whose development? Presented to a meeting of the Round Table in November 2003 Presented none data sets Five use data concerning international flows –Services –FDI –Debt –Remittances

6. Migrants and remittances Part of the social aspect of sustainable development Highly topical, not fully understood, not always well represented Can an examination of the data help understanding and representation? Doha mode 4

7. Country coverage All 30 OECD countries 27 large non-OECD countries 85% of population, 97% of GDP Plus 17 regional “other” groups covering the remaining 160-170 countries

8. Goal Take IMF data on remittances and estimate the match between country of origin and destination Initially work with data for 2000 only

9. First task – pattern of migrants Have information on number of migrants in each country, no comprehensive information on number of nationals abroad and the countries where are Set about building a matrix of migrants for the world for 2000

10. Problems Nationality, citizenship, place of birth Refugees Length of stay Worker or family member Links to home country Skill level Year data available

11. Results MillionsFrom OECD ROWTotal To OECD22.2 16.2 34.1 24.9 56.3 41.1 ROW2.5 1.8 77.9 57.0 80.4 58.8 Total24.7 18.0 112.0 81.9 136.7 100.0

12. Nationals abroad (mn) Russia 10.2 Mexico 7.9 India 7.2 Ukraine 4.7 Philippines 4.1 UK 3.4 Bangladesh 3.3 Italy 3.0 Turkey 2.8 Indonesia 2.4 Nigeria 2.1 Portugal 1.7 Thailand 1.6 Germany 1.5

13. Remittances Add workers’ remittances and compensation of employees Credits 41.8 + 60.7 = 102.5 Debits 45.2 + 54.9 = 100.1 Philippines Ignore migrants transfers

14. Remittances per migrant Annex table 6 Outflow per migrant (col 4)broadly consistent across countries Estimate missing countries – Nigeria, Qatar, UAE, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada

15. Border workers Credits France 7.9 Belgium/Lux 3.7 Germany 3.4 Italy 1.5 Total 19.4 Debits International orgs 6.5 Switzerland 5.6 Germany 4.2 Belgium/Lux 2.9 Italy 2.0 Total 24.1

16. Receipts per national abroad Annex table 6 col 6, col 9 Again reasonably consistent across countries at similar levels of development and with IMF data

17. Geographical groupings Africa11.710.4 Asia37.643.4 Europe18.919.6 Latin America and Carribean19.316.2 North America2.41.6 Oceania0.80.3 Total90.791.5 Border workers in Europe19.421.4 Total110.1115.7

18. Impact on GDP Annex table 6 cols 7 and 10 Largest impact Sudan 106.8 Philippines 105.9 Bangladesh 104.0

19. Perception Remittances come from OECD countries

20. Data Int orgs6.5France3.8 USA26.8Malaysia3.8 Saudi Arabia15.4Belgium/Lux3.3 Other western Asia 14.1Japan2.5 Germany7.4Italy2.0 Switzerland7.3Spain1.7

21. Perception Most remittances go to the third world

22. Data India9.2Germany3.4 France7.9Portugal3.4 Mexico7.6Egypt2.9 Turkey4.6USA2.4 Spain3.8Morocco2.2 Belgium/Lux3.7Bangladesh2.0

23. Results MillionsTo OECDROWTotal From OECD 38.9 35.1 29.3 26.4 68.2 61.4 ROW0.7 0.6 42.0 37.9 42.7 38.5 Total39.6 35.7 71.3 64.2 110.9 100.0