Ministry of Planning

Migration is an integral part of the economy of Bangladesh. The importance of migrants ’ remittance as a source of development finance is now widely recognized in various fora including the United Nations. In view of this, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has conducted the survey titled ‘Survey on the Use of Remittance 2013 ’ under the strategic guidance and supervision of Statistics and Informatics Division (SID) and in close coordination with all the relevant stakeholders including the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Expatriates ’ Welfare and Overseas Employment. The successful completion of the first comprehensive survey seeks to shed light on importance of the use of remittance as well as different other issues related to it. This report has highlighted the issue of remittance usages in various dimensions. It has analyzed some underlying facts such as global perspective of remittance, socio-economic conditions of the remittance receiving households, various characteristics of migrant workers, remittance income in different forms, expenditure, savings & investment pattern of remittance and so on. I sincerely believe that this report will be a valuable document to assess overall usages of migrant workers ’ hard-earned income and will be helpful in identifying the areas where government interventions are indispensable. Moreover, this report will act as a strong tool for policy guidance at various levels of development planning