Search Results - subject:"Remittances inflows"

Analyzing the impact of remittance inflows on Tanzania's social development and economic growth

Mushi, Hellena Mohamedy - In: Cogent economics & finance 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-12

This journal article analyses the impact of remittance (REM) inflows on Tanzania's social development and economic growth (Egrow) spanning from 1990 to 2022 data from the World Bank (WB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Economic Outlook (WEO) were used. The purpose of this article...

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Duration of WTO Membership and Investment-Oriented Remittances Flows

Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm - 2022

-oriented remittances inflows (i.e., the portion of total remittances invested by remittance-receiving households in business activities … the membership duration on investment-oriented remittances inflows appears to strong for less developed countries …. Additionally, longstanding WTO Members enjoy higher investment-oriented remittances inflows when they have large populations (a …

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Migrants' remittances and economic growth in Egypt : an empirical analysis from 1980 to 2017

Qutb, Rasha - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 7 (2022) 3, pp. 154-176

Purpose - Migrants' remittances to Egypt have increased considerably in both size and importance over the past 40 years. This increase has made Egypt one of the top remittance recipients in the world and the leading recipient country in the Middle East. As migrant remittances are one of Egypt's...

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Migrants' remittances and economic growth in Egypt: An empirical analysis from 1980 to 2017

Qutb, Rasha - In: Review of Economics and Political Science (REPS) 7 (2022) 3, pp. 154-176

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Development Aid, Remittances Inflows and Wages in the Manufacturing Sector of Recipient-Countries

Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm - 2020

This article has considered the effect of development aid and remittances inflows on wages in the manufacturing sector …

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Development aid, remittances inflows and wages in the manufacturing sector of recipient-countries

Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm - 2020

This article has considered the effect of development aid and remittances inflows on wages in the manufacturing sector …

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Remittances Channel and Fiscal Impact in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia

Abdih, Yasser; Chami, Ralph; Ebeke, Christian; Barajas, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper identifies a remittances channel that transmits exogenous shocks, such as business cycles in remittance-sending countries, to the public finances of remittance-receiving countries. Using panel data for remittance-receiving countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia,...

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Workersâ€™ Remittances; An Overlooked Channel of International Business Cycle Transmission?

Barajas, Adolfo; Chami, Ralph; Ebeke, Christian; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper shows that remittance flows significantly increase the business cycle synchronization between remittance-recipient countries and the rest of the world. Using both aggregate and bilateral remittances data in a panel data setting, the study demonstrates that this effect is robust and...

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Determinants of Remittances; Evidence From tonga

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

This paper analyzes the determinants of remittances to Tonga. The results indicate that macroeconomic conditions in remitting countries and exchange rate fluctuations influence remittances. In particular, remittances growth falls when the Tongan currency appreciates, but increases with higher...

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Do Workers' Remittances Promote Economic Growth?

Gapen, Michael T.; Chami, Ralph; Montiel, Peter; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

Over the past decades, workers' remittances have grown to become one of the largest sources of financial flows to developing countries, often dwarfing other widely-studied sources such as private capital and official aid flows. While it is undeniable that remittances have poverty-alleviating and...

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