An attempt has been made in this paper to examine the impact of international remittances on poverty and income … inequality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In carrying out the study, 34 SSA countries for which relevant data are available …, between 1980 and 2009, were sampled for the poverty analysis whilst a sample size of 36 was used in the remittances …

The number of migrants from conflict regions in Africa has been increasing dramatically. The European Union shares dual … constitutes one of the underlying factors for politically motivated migration. Secondly, the EU contributed to Africa’s economic …

'brain drain' from Africa even more, while mil-lions of unskilled irregular migrants compete with the growing army of …

Remittances are an important source of external financing for a country like Morocco. We show in this paper the … properties of these financial flows. Indeed, we show that remittances are more stable than foreign direct investment. They are …

Despite over three decades of Liberalisation policies in Africa, income-inequality has stayed persistently high. Using …

Remittances by migrants to their countries of origin constitute the largest source of external finance for developing …-foundations of the links between remittances finance and endogenous growth. Our theoretical set up helps to show how local financial … system development and the quality of institutions influence a country’s capacity to take advantage of remittances. Among …

-model approach. In the long-run, trade openness, ODA, and remittances have a significant positive effect on the income level, while … while remittances, trade openness and financial development have lagged negative effects. Therefore, understanding that aid …

both in the long and short-run, although in the latter, the effects from financial and technology inclusion and remittances …

the use of solar photovoltaic (PV) for energy poverty reduction in rural and peri-urban areas of Africa, there is …

countries, notably in Africa. Much of the controversy was concerned with the question whether the informal sector promotes …