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India, No 1 remittance receiving country
Ann/ The Statesman
In a real turn up for the books, the World Bank's latest report released here has stated that India received the largest amount of remittances from migrants in 2007- all of US$27 billion -followed by China, Mexico, the Philippines and France.
The Chinese expatriate community spread across the globe has for long been thought to have been the unquestioned leaders when it came to sending remittances back home; indeed, remittances have been a major driver of economic growth in the Communist country.
India, now. has knocked China off the top spot with its $27 billion remittances while China comes in a close second with remittances worth $25.7 billion in 2007, according to the World Bank.
Mexico ($25 billion), die Philippines ($17 billion), and France ($12.5 billion) make up the top five. (Tajikistan, Moldova and Tonga were the top remittance-receiving countries as a percentage of GDP)
"In many developing countries, remittances provide a lifeline for the poor,” said Dilip Raffia, senior economist and co-author of the Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008.
He added that remittances are "often an essential source of foreign exchange and a stabilising force for the economy in turbulent times”.
In terms of migration, the United States of America was the top immigrant-receiving country with 38.4 million immigrants, followed by Russia with 12.1 million and Germany with 10.1 million.
Vietnam, 6th largest country to attract FDI
Ann/Viet Nam News
Just over one year after joining the World Trade Organisation, Vietnam ranks sixth in the list of countries attracting foreign investment.
Figures released at the 2008 Leap Forward Viet Nam Business Leadership Forum held in HCM City by the European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) showed Vietnam to be only behind China, India, Russia, the US and Brazil.
According to the head of the Foreign Investment Department, Phan Huu Thang, the 2007 World Investment Report by the UN Trade and Development Forum stated that Vietnam is not only attractive for industrial production but also services like finance and banking.
Thang said as a WTO member the country had made commitments on signing agreements on the Rights of Intellectual Property and applying investment measures related to trade and others.
Techno-savvy Iraqis surf cyber waves
AFP, Baghdad
Saddam Hussein deemed Iraqis could live without modern technology such as mobile phones and the Internet. Now that his regime has been swept away, they are finding they just can't get enough of it.
The Internet is indispensable for us," said a Baghdad mobile phone vendor, who gave his name only as Sajjad.
I download songs, pictures of actresses and video clips," added the 25-year-old salesman, who admitted that he then loads these, with a few modifications, into the phones he sells.
"My clients ask for a lot for songs, pictures and weird and funny video clips which I usually download from YouTube.com. 'said Sajjad.
Some of my clients have no money to buy credit so they cannot speak on their phones. But their handsets are filled with video clips, songs and pictures."
'Green1 cars boost Thai auto industry
AFP, Bangkok
Incentives from the Thai government to encourage automakers to produce fuel-efficient "eco-cars" have yielded a raft of major investments and started to change howThais drive, experts say.
Tax breaks for automakers and car buyers were unveiled last year, as the government worried that Thailand's position as the world’s biggest maker of light pickups might not be enough to guarantee the future of its auto industry.
The kingdom churns out 900,000 one-tonne trucks every year — about three-fourths of global output.
But amid soaring oil prices and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions, the government expressed concern that the global market for gas-guzzling trucks could weaken as consumers turn to more fuel-efficient cars.
So last year Thailand announced incentives to encourage automakers to set up local production bases for "eco-cars" that meet the most stringent European emission standards and run on fuel with a 20 percent ethanol component.