The Dominican-French Chamber of Commerce (CCDF) reports that remittances received in the DR reached US$4,262.3 million in 2013, which was US$216 million or 5.4% more than in 2012. In a talk entitled, “Remittances and Development,” Sociologist Cristina Sanchez sponsored by the chamber of commerce, Sanchez highlighted that the DR is the fifth largest receiver of remittances in the Americas. She said that 65.4% of the remittances are sent from the United States, while 12.5% came from Spain.
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