01543cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006324 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451804300 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Bangladesh : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (29 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper analyzes the surprising strength of remittances in Bangladesh and other countries in South Asia and the Philippines in 2009. The empirical analysis suggests that the continued strong growth of remittances in these countries is related to the resilience of non-oil GDP growth in the GCC countries and the surge in the GCC countries' hiring of migrant workers from South Asia during 2006-08. The remittances-to-GDP ratio in South Asia and the Philippines are likely to remain robust in the near term. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2010/056 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2010/056/002.2010.issue-056-en.xml IMF e-Library