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remittances are countercyclical, without condition, fast and anti-crisis, greater than international aid. However, the … participation of the Diaspora in the economic and social development of Haiti does not seem to be possible only through remittances …) involve and contribute to improve haitian higher education, through a top-down scheme, either through teaching assignments or …
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The essence of this study is to verify the macroeconomic implications of cross-border remittances for economic growth …, remittances contribute significantly to economic growth in small-open developing economies. Remittances, however, contribute more … to long-run economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean than to Sub-Saharan Africa. In dynamic terms, remittances …
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send remittances. It also analyses the consequences of internal migration on the wellbeing of migrants and their family and …
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monetary remittances. These tendencies have revived the debate in the academic and policy spheres over their potential social … source country. In the process, we accentuate the central role played by international remittances. Finally, based on the …
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There are few studies of the social and economic consequences of remittances from migrant workers on poverty and … inequality in their home country until recently, especially in Haiti. The known amount of remittances sent to Haiti by the … that characterize Haitian society. Although expectations about macroeconomic impacts of remittances on beneficiaries …
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foreign aid as its leading external non-debt capital and attracts the least remittances, notwithstanding the positive growth … with remittance inflows. This implies remittances are likely to be driven by sound macroeconomic environment in recipient … countries. An affirmation of this finding is that, in SSA, (and, indeed, for all developing economies), remittances are pro …
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This study estimates the impact of income remittances on poverty rates by estimating household income under the counter … migration intensity. Findings indicate that the ability of remittances to reduce poverty levels varies between groups, and … across differing poverty thresholds. I find that remittances generally tend to reduce poverty in recipient communities …
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An attempt has been made in this paper to examine the impact of international remittances on poverty and income …, between 1980 and 2009, were sampled for the poverty analysis whilst a sample size of 36 was used in the remittances … that remittances have significant poverty-alleviating effect, with the poorest of the poor being the least beneficiaries …
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As often argued, a negative perception of immigration, or even emigration, prevails public opinions and governments in most countries. It is argued that caused by economic hardship or political hardship or political unrest in countries of origin, it would threaten well-being and identity in...
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Most small fragile states have their own unique circumstances that predispose them to social conflict or frequent economic disruptions. These disruptions end up imposing a large cost on regional neighbours and on the international community more broadly. Therefore the development community is in...
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