Workers’ remittance flows also rose, from $116 billion in 2003 to $125.8 billion in 2004.

劳工汇款额也在不断增加，从2003年的1160亿美元增加到2004年的1258亿美元。

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The remittance sent by the workers is the major source of income for many companies.

工人们寄回本国的钱已经成为很多国家的重要收入来源。

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Asian workers living in foreign lands sent home 260 billion dollars to their families last year. This movement of money to those at home is called a remittance.

去年，居住在外国的亚洲工人向家人寄回2.6亿美元，这种向家里寄钱的行为叫汇款。

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"Although migrant workers are to a large extent adversely affected by the slow growth in the global economy, remittance volumes have remained remarkably resilient, providing a vital lifeline to not only poor families but a steady and reliable source of foreign currency in many poor remittances recipient countries, " agrees Hans Timmer, director of the bank's Development Prospects Group.

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