Search Results - subject:"Workers’ Remittances"

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.

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Do workers' remittances reduce the probability of current account reversals?

Bugamelli, Matteo; Paterno, Francesco - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

international migrations by investigating whether the increasingly large flows of workers’ remittances can help reduce the …

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What Do Remittances Do? Analyzing the Private Remittance Transmission Mechanism in El Salvador

Cáceres, Luis René; Saca, Nolvia Nery - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

Family remittances are important for El Salvador's economy. This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on El Salvador's economy and the spillover effects on the other Central American countries. A vector autoregression (VAR) model is formulated, consisting of real and monetary variables. The...

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To Smooth or Not to Smooth; The Impact of Grants and Remittanceson the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate in Jordan

Petri, Martin; Saadi-Sedik, Tahsin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper estimates the effect of grants and workers' remittances on Jordan's long-term equilibrium real exchange rate … the period 1964 to 2005. Controlling for other fundamentals, we find that both grants and workers' remittances appreciate …

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Cross-border workers’ remittances: Transmission channels and measurement issues in India

Singh, Bhupal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The debate on appropriate measurement of workers’ remittances and the greater need for conceptual clarity about such … extremely difficult to segregate between workers’ remittances and the compensation of employees by the reporting entities. The …

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Vietnam; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This Selected Issues paper for Vietnam reports that the framework for policy lending in Vietnam, in conjunction with the active consideration of proposals to enhance the operational autonomy of policy-lending institutions, poses significant risks. The current framework does not adequately...

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Do Workers' Remittances Reduce the Probability of Current Account Reversals?

Bugamelli, Matteo; Paternò, Francesco - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2006

international migrations by investigating whether the increasingly large flows of workers' remittances can help reduce the … CEP Discussion Paper No 714 February 2006 Do Workers’ Remittances Reduce the Probability of Current … the increasingly large flows of workers’ remittances can help reduce the probability of current account reversals. The …

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Emigration and Brain Drain; Evidence From the Caribbean

Mishra, Prachi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper quantifies the magnitude and nature of migration flows from the Caribbean and estimates their costs and benefits. The Caribbean countries have lost 10-40 percent of their labor force due to emigration to OECD member countries. The migration rates are particularly striking for the...

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Honduras; Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Honduras

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

Hondurasâ€™s request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries is discussed. The social consultation has allowed the government to implement a vital reform of public...

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Worker’s remittances as stable financial flows: some evidence from India

Singh, Bhupal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This paper dwells upon the financial dimension of workers’ remittances as this issue has assumed significant policy …’’ remittances in a macro economic framework; ii) Stability of workers’ remittances as a sustainable source of external finance; iii …) Channels through the workers’ remittances flows into India and the issue of high transaction cost entailed in transmitting …

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