This paper explores to what extent Egyptian remittances inflows serve as a hedge against macroeconomic shocks. This is … the first study applied on Egypt focusing on both the determinants of remittances and their cyclical behavior at the same … time. By estimating a vector error correction (VEC) model, it was found that remittances inflows were associated …

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 …

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 …

role and the importance of remittances and their use in Albania through a survey of 400 Albanian immigrants, legally … remittances as the core of migrants’ strategy and a link between the socio-economic context in the country of origin and that in … the host country. Our findings show that remittances are related, on the one hand, to the family links in the country of …

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 …

This paper measures the impact of international and internal remittances on household welfare of remittances … international and internal remittances increased both income and consumption expenditures of the recipients. The impact of … remittances on non-food expenditures tended to be higher than the impact on food expenditures. For international remittances, the …

. Specifically, the paper reveals that the positive role of international remittances in the development process of underdeveloped … economies is more pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa than in Latin America and the Caribbean sub-region where remittances actually …-depend on international remittances as the panacea for the underdevelopment of Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the …