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37%

1%

14%

0%

11%

2%

12%

2%

16%

1% 2% 2%

Saudi Arabia

Lebanon

Libya

Iraq

UAE

Qatar 

Kuwait

Other Arab Countries 

Jordan

South Africa/Sudan

Western Europe

Canada & USA

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Labour migration for decent work, economic growth and development in Egypt  

5 

USD Million 

928

1,773

2,214

2,696

2,181

2,439

3,666

3,963

3,212

2,506

3,604 3,770

3,293

4,284

4,054

6,104

5,664

3,672

3,226 3,107

3,697

3,370 3,235

2,852 2,911 2,893 2,961

3,341

5,017

5,329

7,656

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

9,000

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the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region followed by Morocco). The figure has been 

increasing since 2000. It represents officially recorded remittances. The true size of 

remittances, including unrecorded flows through formal and informal channels, is believed 

to be larger (Migration and Remittances Fact Book, 2008). Moreover, the Central Bank of 

Egypt (CBE) records higher figures for remittances, reaching US$8.5 billion in 2007/2008 

an increase of 35 per cent compared to 2006/2007 when remittances recorded were US$6.3 

billion (CBE, 2008) (see Figure 2).