Data and Details
The dataset used to show money flows is the "Bilateral remittance estimates using migrant stocks, destination country incomes, and source country incomes" which can be downloaded at http://go.worldbank.org/JITC7NYTT0. According to the description: These data are estimated using assumptions and arguments as explained in Ratha and Shaw, 2007, "South-South Migration and Remittances," Development Prospects Group, World Bank (www.worldbank.org/prospects/migrationandremittances).Country classifications
ContinentsUN country classification according to geographical regions. (source: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm)
Description of indicators used at the country profiles
Population, totalDescription: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. 2009. World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables). Available at http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp2008/index.htm. (2) Census r Catalog Source: World Development Indicators
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Description: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. 2009. World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables), (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national Catalog Source: World Development Indicators
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Description: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. 2009. World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables), (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national Catalog Source: World Development Indicators
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Description: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.
Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.
Catalog Source: World Development Indicators
GDP per capita (current US$)
Description: GDP per capita is gross domestic product divided by midyear population. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.
Catalog Source: World Development Indicators
HDI (Human Development Index)
The Human Development Index, which is a summary composite index that measures a country's average achievements in three basic aspects of human development: longevity, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. The Human Development Index (HDI), reported in the Human Development Report of the United Nations, is an indication of where a country is development wise. The index can take value between 0 and 1. Countries with an index over 0.800 are part of the High Human Development group. Between 0.500 and 0.800, countries are part of the Medium Human Development group and below 0.500 they are part of the Low Human Development group.
All the mentioned indicators can be found at http://data.worldbank.org except for the Human development index which can be found at http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/