@article{Farid:208448,
      recid = {208448},
      author = {Farid, K.S and Mozumdar, L. and Kabir, M.S and Hossain,  K.B},
      title = {Trends in international migration and remittance flows:  Case of Bangladesh},
      journal = {Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University},
      address = {2009},
      number = {452-2016-35792},
      pages = {8},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {International migration from Bangladesh has become a  defining characteristic of the country. Especially since  1980s, large scale labour migration has become a common  phenomenon of Bangladesh. This paper examines the various  issues of international migration and remittance flows of  Bangladesh on the basis of the secondary data generated  from various reports of government and non-government  organizations and of various publications of home and  abroad. With a few exceptions, manpower export has been  showing increasing trend year by year. Most of the  expatriates, who are largely unskilled, are working in the  Middle East countries and in the UK and the USA. Like  overseas employment, remittances flow has been increasing  every year with its increased share in GDP and export  earnings. Major share of total remittances come from the  Middle East countries. But individually the position of the  USA is just behind Saudi Arabia over the last few years.  Finally it can be concluded that proper attention should be  given on overseas migration in order to keep the  unemployment rate within tolerable level and to increase  the amount of remittances which is an important source of  foreign exchange.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/208448},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.208448},
}