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Money sent by migrants back to their countries of origin is an increasingly important source of outside funding for many developing countries.

Remittance flows are the second-largest source, behind foreign investment by private companies, of external funding for developing countries.

In 2001, remittance receipts of developing countries stood at $72.3bn.

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