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JanPublished in The News on January 08, 2021 Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that Pakistan had had a “record-breaking” month for December as far as remittances is concerned, saying that the country had received $2.4bn in December. “MashaAllah, 1st time in Pakistan remittances have been above $2 bn for 6 consecutive months,” wrote the prime minister on […]
Published in External Relations Department on December 24, 2020 State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in collaboration with Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (MPD&SI) has launched a survey of Overseas Pakistanis to analyze recent trends in remittances and the future outlook. The survey will be available to all Overseas Pakistanis globally till 9th of January, 2021.[…]
Published in Cadmus This paper argues that concerns about the resilience of essential services require a reassessment of the impacts of migrant workers and the design of labour migration and related public policies. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the high share of migrants among ‘key workers’ who deliver essential services, notably in agriculture and food production, health services[…]
