global migration
Hiring Of Foreign Workers Gets Business Vote Of Confidence
December 21, 2009 - Despite reports of growing protectionist and nationalistic sentiment prompted by the global recession, world business leaders believe that migration continues to be good for business and the economy, according to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of Western Union.
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global migration barometer
The Western Union® Global Migration Barometer2 equips national and international decision-makers with a peer-reviewed, country-to-country comparison of the environment and outlook for migration.
asian remittance study
Building a future back home: Leveraging migrant worker remittances for development in Asia” is a study sponsored by Western Union and carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
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At Western Union, we are proud to support migrants in their journey toward greater economic opportunity. They are modern day heroes, who, one family at a time and one community at a time, are creating hope and opportunity in the countries they come from and the countries to which they travel. The stories behind the data not only are complex, they are deeply personal.
1 Source: United Nations (2006). "Trends in the Total Migrant Stock: The 2005 Revision." United Nations Population Division: New York.
2 The Economist Intelligence Unit bears responsibility for the migration index and for this report. The findings and conclusions expressed here do not reflect the views or opinions of Western Union. No data has been sourced from Western Union.