Dilip Ratha

Dilip Ratha is a lead economist at the World Bank and an advisor to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.

Dilip Ratha on the Power of Remittances

Dilip Ratha October 19, 2023

Millions of families around the world- even some countries, rely on workers living abroad to keep their economies afloat. In fact, global remittances reached a record $647 billion in 2022—three times that of official development assistance. Dilip Ratha is lead economist for migration and remittances at the World Bank. In this podcast, Ratha says remittances are timely, large, stable, and best of all, they are countercyclical.

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