Kerala has historically benefited from a large population of expatriates sending money back home, helping drive economic and social gains such as India’s highest literacy rate and the country’s highest sex ratio.
The state accounted for about a fifth of some $80 billion sent home last year by Indians living abroad.The state government’s plan to invest in training health workers comes as the World Bank estimates a sharp decline in remittances globally following disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, including job losses.Isaac doesn’t see an immediate drop in remittances though. “For the simple reason that the people are returning home.