The World Bank reports that Ukrainians sent home last year $14.4 billion in wages, almost one third more than the $10.9 billion figure reported by the National Bank of Ukraine

The World Bank reports that Ukrainians sent home last year $14.4 billion in wages, almost one third more than the $10.9 billion figure reported by the National Bank of Ukraine. Ukraine is now the largest recipient of wage remittances in Europe and Central Asia, says the World Bank. For comparison, $14.4 billion is 11% of the nation’s GDP and 10 times the $1.4 billion disbursed by the IMF to Ukraine last year.