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2015 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
“So They Remember Me When I’m Gone”: Remittances, Fatherhood and Gender Relations of Filipino Migrant Men
verfasst von : Steven McKay
Erschienen in: Transnational Labour Migration, Remittances and the Changing Family in Asia
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
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The Philippines is one of the leading senders of migrant labour into the global economy, with over 8.2 million Filipinos – or about 10 per cent of the current Philippine population – working and residing in some 140 countries. These labour migrants, in turn, have played a pivotal role in supporting the Philippine economy, remitting over USD 21 billion – or about 12 per cent of the country’s GDP – back to the Philippines (BSP, 2013). As an Asian Development Bank (ADB) paper noted, “Remittances have become the single most important source of foreign exchange to the economy and a significant source of income for recipient families” (Ang et al., 2009: v).