Skip to Main Navigation NEWS Global language toggler ENGLISH Putting People at the Heart of Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Recovery When people have access to quality education and training, health services and social protection and when women and girls benefit from better opportunities, they are better equipped to escape poverty and lead productive lives. LEARN HOW HUMAN CAPITAL PROJECT MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT Remittance Flows Register 7.3 Percent Growth to Reach $589 Billion in 2021 This return to growth is more robust than earlier estimates and follows the resilience of flows in 2020 when remittances declined by only 1.7 percent despite a severe global recession due to COVID-19, according to estimates from the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief released today. 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