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Data Current News Lebanon 24-04-2012 IMF: Central Asia's revenues from migrant workers' remittances to increase by ... - Caspionet IMF: Central Asia's revenues from migrant workers' remittances to increase by ...CaspionetThe 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 ...Read more... 04-05-2012 Published on Friday, 04 May 2012 Written by Eli Keene - Times of Central Asia (subscription) Published on Friday, 04 May 2012 Written by Eli KeeneTimes of Central Asia (subscription)What may be the strongest argument for Kyrgyzstan to pursue membership in the Customs Union has very little to do with the country's domestic economy. Seventeen percent of Kyrgyzstan's GDP in 2009 was drawn from remittances from Kyrgyz migrant laborers ...and more »Read more... 04-05-2012 Supporting multigenerational households affected by migration in Kyrgyzstan - HelpAge International (blog) HelpAge International (blog)Supporting multigenerational households affected by migration in KyrgyzstanHelpAge International (blog)Sometimes remittances from those working abroad don't find their way back to the villages or aren't enough to support the grandchildren left behind. Older people have to go back to work if they can or, if they receive a pension, they use it to feed ...Read more... 09-05-2012 Chinese firm strikes oil in Kyrgyzstan - Business Recorder (blog) Chinese firm strikes oil in KyrgyzstanBusiness Recorder (blog)A single gold mine, owned by Canada's Centerra Gold, contributed nearly 12 percent of Kyrgyzstan's gross domestic product last year, and the economy also depends heavily on remittances from hundreds of thousands of migrant workers.Read more... 11-05-2012 Kyrgyzstan's economic growth predicted to be the lowest in Central Asia in ... - Times of Central Asia (subscription) 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 ...and more »Read more... Related Articles Cost of sending remittances to Lebanon drops in Q1 of 2011 - 2011-06-06 IMF report proposes adding remittances to Lebanon's GDP - 2009-09-30