The study proposes to evaluate the impact of the current financial crisis on remittances received by three South Asian … countries, namely Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The objective is twofold: to forecast the impact of change in remittances … remittances will be used in a Keynesian framework to assess the impact of remittances on the growth of these countries while at …

role of remittances as automatic stabilizers. Notwithstanding a reduction in their personal incomes due to the recession in … migrants’ remittances, thus overcoming the hurdles created by the COVID-related restrictions adopted in both the sending and …

documents the recent slowdown in workers' remittances, the money that international immigrants send to their countries of origin … reporting an almost zero percent growth rate of remittances for 2008. Among Latin American countries, Mexico (the largest … recipient of remittances in the region in terms of volume) seems to be the most affected with a decrease of more than US$900 …

Migrant remittances are an important source of external finance for developing countries. The current financial crisis … is believed to have influenced migrant remittance flows as well as volume and patterns of use of remittances. In this …

increases in household remittances received from overseas. The estimated elasticity of Philippine-peso remittances with respect …

This paper outlines the impact of the global economic crisis on Africa. Recovery requires coordinated and consistent … gains made in opening up African economies and aid architecture. -- Africa ; least developed countries ; global economic …

Governors and senior officials representing some two dozen central banks from Africa and other regions of the world met … at the BIS in May 2011 to discuss the monetary policy and financial stability issues facing Africa after the global … where the crisis could have had potentially the largest impact on central banking in Africa: (i) financial access; (ii …