25 January 2010

Haiti stat of the day

"In 2008, remittances exceeded half the GDP in ... Haiti"
From Dilip Ratha writing in Finance & Development
Posted by Lee Labels: ,

2 comments:

Paul C said...

World Bank figures had remittances at 19% of Haiti's GDP in 2002 (source: ODI) - up to 50% is a fricking huge leap in 6 years.

January 25, 2010 at 10:51 AM
Lee said...

I'm guessing due to the poor quality of the GDP estimates. 20% is still pretty big though.

January 25, 2010 at 11:49 AM

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