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The Philippines is not creating enough jobs for its swelling population, driving one in 10 people to seek employment abroad. As the global economic crisis hit, many predicted that remittances would be an early victim as overseas Filipinos lost their jobs in hordes. A mix of factors seems to account for their resilience. Because during the period of 2009, industry philippines remittances and agriculture either shrank or were flat.

Ours is an economy that is driven by a heavy dependence of the import of finished products and export of raw materials, semi-processed materials and labor. Remittances can be difficult to track and potentially sensitive to money laundering (AML) and terror financing (CFT) concerns.

In September 2008, the World Bank established the first international database of remittance prices. The principle legislative initiatives in this area are the USA PATRIOT Act, Title III in the United States and, in the EU, through a series of EU Money Laundering Directives.

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