Using Remittance Transaction Data for Timely Estimation of the Foreign Worker Population in Malaysia (English)

Malaysia has been grappling with understanding how many foreign workers reside in the country and thus faces challenges in formulating evidence-based foreign worker policies. This paper investigates how to use micro-level remittance transaction data collected from money transfer service providers to estimate the number of foreign workers. Most foreign workers remit a large portion of their earnings to support family members back home. They are low-income...

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Binti Ali Ahmad,Zainab;

Simler,Kenneth;

Yi,Soonhwa;
Document Date
2020/06/06
Document Type
Report
Report Number
AUS0001633 .
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Malaysia,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2020/06/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Using Remittance Transaction Data for Timely Estimation of the Foreign Worker Population in Malaysia
Keywords
Business Regulation

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Binti Ali Ahmad,Zainab; Simler,Kenneth; Yi,Soonhwa.

Using Remittance Transaction Data for Timely Estimation of the Foreign Worker Population in Malaysia (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/726721591929703728

Using Remittance Transaction Data for Timely Estimation of the Foreign Worker Population in Malaysia (English)

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