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How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change, democracy, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial liberalization play-out in the fight against...
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This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as to whether or not send a migrant. Yet, the subsequent...
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developing world and remittances have expanded dramatically in the last decade. This has come at a time when an increased …
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developing world and remittances have expanded dramatically in the last decade. This has come at a time when an increased …
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Labor migration and remittances, which have increasingly become a part of the global landscape, have profound economic … Issues paper explains why Moldovan workers go abroad and how their remittances are used. With this background, it provides … inflows of remittances …
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South-South Migration and Remittances reports on preliminary results from an ongoing effort to improve data on … of South-South remittances range from 9 to 30 percent of developing countries' remittance receipts in 2005. Although the … increases in income can have substantial welfare implications for the poor. The costs of South-South remittances are even higher …
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evidence on the impact of migration and remittances on several development indicators, including innovative thinking about the … -- Introduction -- Who Is a Migrant? What Is the Extent of International Migration? -- Do International Migration and Remittances … Reduce Poverty? -- What is the Link between Migration and Remittances on the One Hand and Investments in Education and …
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combining Merton’s functional analysis with Levitt’s work on social remittances. The article presents a juxtaposition of the non …
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management; improvements in the quality and availability of data concerning migration in these countries; and placing remittances …
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