[lbo-talk] Re: Kerala and Cuba

[Chris Doss]

>>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>>>Cubans living abroad are said to send $ 800 million to $ 1 billion 
>>>annually to their homeland.
>>>
>>>Cuba's GDP: $ 18.6 billion.
>>
>>
>>So roughly 4-5% of est GDP. Have no idea what it is in Kerala.
>
>Three to four times as large a proportion, IIRC...
>
>
>Brad DeLong

For Georgiaand Armenia, about 30%, mostly relatives in Russia. Yeah,breaking 
up the USSR was a BRILLIANT idea!

Hic,I'm drunk,at a party with a bunch of Georgians and Chechens. I loved the 
Georgians: "The Chechens are drinking! ALLRIGHT!" So forgive spelling 
errors.

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