According to some estimates about 20% of the population lives on less than US$1.25 per day. Migration from Tajikistan and the consequent <answer>remittances</answer> have been unprecedented in their magnitude and economic impact. In 2010, <answer>remittances</answer> from Tajik labour migrants totaled an estimated $2.1 billion US dollars, an increase from 2009. Tajikistan has achieved transition from a planned to a market economy without substantial and protracted recourse to aid (of which it by now receives only negligible amounts), and by purely market-based means, simply by exporting its main commodity of comparative advantage — cheap labor. The World Bank Tajikistan Policy Note 2006 concludes that <answer>remittances</answer> have played an important role as one of the drivers of Tajikistan's robust economic growth during the past several years, have increased incomes, and as a result helped significantly reduce poverty.
What has been one of the drivers of Tajikistan's robust economic growth?
remittances