India to get record $70 bn remittances

India will receive record $70 billion remittances in the year 2012, topping the list of developing countries which are expected to receive a total of USD 406 billion this year, the World Bank (WB) has said.

After India, China will stand second with USD 66 billion, followed by Mexico and the Philippines with USD 24 billion each, a latest report by the bank said yesterday.

In all, worldwide remittances -- including those to high-income countries -- will reach USD 534 billion in 2012, according to a newly updated World Bank brief on global migration and remittances.

Other large recipients are Nigeria (USD 21 billion), Egypt (USD 18 billion), USD 14 billion each for Pakistan and Bangladesh, followed by Vietnam (USD 9 billion) and Lebanon (USD 7 billion).

Officially recorded remittance flows to developing countries are estimated to grow by 6.5 per cent over USD 351 billion in 2011, with India again topping the chart with USD 58 billion, followed by China (USD 57 billion), Mexico (USD 24 billion) and the Philippines (USD 23 billion).

Worldwide remittances, including those to high-income countries, are projected to grow to USD 685 billion in 2015.

According to the World Bank, remittances to developing countries are expected to rise eight per cent in 2013 and 10 per cent in 2014 to reach USD 534 billion in 2015.

In its report, the World Bank notes that the true size of remittance flows, including unrecorded flows through formal and informal channels, is believed to be significantly larger.

"Compared to private capital flows, remittance flows have shown remarkable resilience since the global financial crisis, registering only a modest fall in 2009, followed by a rapid recovery. The size of remittance flows to developing countries

is now more than three times that of official development assistance," the Bank said

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