In 16 papers revised from presentation at an October 2003 conference in London, contributors in banking, development, anthropology, and other fields explore how the economic development of a country is impacted by money sent back home from workers who have gone elsewhere to find work. They cover trends and determinants, maximizing the development impact, strengthening the formal financial infrastructure and increasing the transparency in the informal one, and migration and development. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)