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IMF: Central Asia's revenues from migrant workers' remittances to increase by ...
Caspionet
The growth of remittances from migrant workers to the Central Asian countries is projected at 13% in 2012, according to CA-NEWS citing the report of the International Monetary Fund. According to the IMF forecast, Kazakhstan's economic growth will be at ...

The Future Belongs to the Flexible
Wall Street Journal
Brazil's economy is well diversified, Kazakhstan has juggled multiple allies, and tiny Singapore marries the East and West. Which countries are best positioned to pivot deftly in this emerging world order? Brazil, which recently surpassed Britain to ...

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Published on Friday, 04 May 2012 Written by Eli Keene
Times of Central Asia (subscription)
BISHKEK, May 4 (Carnegie Endowment) - When Almazbek Atambayev was sworn in as president of Kyrgyzstan last December, he declared in no uncertain terms his intent to unite his country with the recently established Customs Union of Kazakhstan, Belarus, ...

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Microfinance's Odd Couple
Sustainable Business Forum
(CARE then stood for Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe. Who knew?) Mennonites are a Christian, but neither Catholic nor Protestant, faith organization with a strong tradition of pacifism and service. Together, they stand behind a ...

Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World
The Market Oracle
Mexico, on the other hand, which is far more dependent on the United States for its export revenue, tourism income, and remittances from workers living abroad took a much tougher hit. If you're going to rely too heavily for growth on the stability of a ...

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Chinese firm strikes oil in Kyrgyzstan
Business Recorder (blog)
Kyrgyzstan, home to 5.5 million people, produces only around 11 percent of the oil and gas it consumes and depends on Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan for supplies of gasoline, jet fuel and other refined products. President Almazbek Atambayev and his ...

Kyrgyzstan's economic growth predicted to be the lowest in Central Asia in ...
Times of Central Asia (subscription)
Despite a slight increase in unemployment, retail sales increased due to growth in remittances (according to the Kyrgyz National Statistics Committee the remittances total $1.4 billion, or 25% of GDP) due to increasing number of labor migrants leaving ...

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March remittances grow in Armenia
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
The volume of remittances from the US, which is second in the list, has remained virtually unchanged at close to $18 million. Third and fourth countries are Ukraine and Kazakhstan, with $3.8 million and $3.7 million respectively.

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Private remittances to Armenia total $277.2 mln in Q1 2012
PanARMENIAN.Net
In 2012 Q1, Russia keeps the biggest share of remittances to Armenia - $192.1 mln, followed by the US - $12.3 mln, Kazakhstan - $3.4 mln, France -$1.3mln and Spain- $1mln. Private remittances to Armenia total $277.2 mln in Q1 2012.

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