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  "title": "Migration and Remittances in Moldova",
  "publication": "IMF Special Issues, January 19, 2006",
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  "summary": "Labor migration and remittances, which have increasingly become a part of the global landscape, have profound economic and social consequences.",
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      "content": "- Labor migration and remittances have profound economic and social consequences.\n- Moldova is a small low-income country where an estimated one-third of the economically active population has been working abroad.\n- The Special Issues paper draws on household survey data to explain why Moldovan workers go abroad and how their remittances are used.\n- The paper provides insights into policy challenges of coping with, and maximizing benefits from, international labor mobility and the large inflows of remittances."
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      "content": "- Scope of migration:\n  - An estimated one-third of the economically active population of Moldova has been working abroad.\n- Data and methodology:\n  - Analysis is based on household survey data.\n- Remittance usage:\n  - The paper examines how remittances are used by recipient households (details in the full paper).\n- Subject classifications:\n  - Balance of payments, Business environment, Economic sectors, Labor, Migration, Outward remittances, Population and demographics, Remittances."
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      "content": "- The paper provides insights into:\n  - Coping with international labor mobility.\n  - Maximizing benefits from large inflows of remittances.\n- Policy considerations are grounded in empirical evidence from Moldovan household surveys (specific recommendations are in the full paper).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Overview\n  - Overview (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Overview (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/imf-special-issues/issues/2016/12/31/migration-and-remittances-in-moldova-18512"
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    "Authors: Milan M Cuc, Erik J. Lundback, Edgardo Ruggiero",
    "Published: January 19, 2006",
    "Series: IMF Special Issues",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064904.058",
    "Labor migration and remittances have profound economic and social consequences.",
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    "Policy considerations are grounded in empirical evidence from Moldovan household surveys (specific recommendations are in the full paper).",
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