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                        The Migration and Remittances
                        Factbook 2008 was compiled by Dilip Ratha and
                        Zhimei Xu of the Development Prospects Group of the
                        Development Economics Vice Presidency, under the
                        direction of Uri Dadush. The authors extend a special
                        thanks to Sanket Mohapatra for his contributions and
                        many discussions. They gratefully acknowledge the
                        constructive comments and advice from Susan Martin,
                        Changqing Sun, K. M. Vijayalakshmi, and Piyasiri
                        Wickramasekara and offer many thanks to Nigar Farhad
                        Aliyeva and Sarah Crow for their assistance in creating
                        the online version of the Factbook. 
                         
                        Comments and suggestions for improvement of this
                        Factbook - including new data sources - are greatly
                        welcome and may be sent to dratha@worldbank.org 
                         
                        Migration and Remittances Team,
                        Development Prospects Group, the World Bank 
                        www.worldbank.org/prospects/migrationandremittances 
                         
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