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Remittances and Institutions: Are Remittances a Curse? [PDF]
World Development, 2008 This paper addresses the complex and overlooked relationship between the receipt of workers' remittances and institutional quality in the recipient country. Using a simple model, we show how an increase in remittance inflows can lead to deterioration of institutional quality - specifically, to an increase in the share of funds diverted by the ...
Jihad Dagher +3 more
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The Independent practitionerAbstract Remittances (i.e., the money, objects, ideas, and social capital migrants send to their families, kin, and communities in their places of origin) are a crucial part of the global economy and migration dynamics. On a micro level, they recognize, maintain, affirm, and disrupt social relationships across the world, mapping out a
Silke Meyer, Claudius Ströhle
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Remittances and Democratization [PDF]
International Studies Quarterly, 2015 This chapter tackles the correlation between remittances and democratization. It explores how remittances could shape two types of political outcomes. The first outcome had been the remittance flows increasing the strength and mobilization capacity of opposition parties and civil society organizations, while the other political outcome involves the ...
Escribà-Folch, Abel +2 more
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Remittances and health outcomes in Sub-Saharan African countries: Understanding the role of financial development and institutional quality [PDF]
Ekonomski Anali, 2021 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is one of the highest recipients of remittances; however, this is inconsistent with the region’s growth and the state of its weak healthcare systems.
Bare Uweis Abdulahi Ali +3 more
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Impact of Remittances on Economic Growth in Nepal
Nepal Public Policy Review, 2021 Remittances have become a significant source of foreign exchange as well as funds for small business start-ups and expansion and consumption spending of recipient households in developing countries.
Prasiddha Shakya, George P. Gonpu
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A Spatial Analysis on International Remittances, Food Consumption and Deprivation in Indonesia
Journal of ASEAN Studies, 2015 This paper aims to illustrate how international remittances may relate to food consumption and deprivation in Indonesia. The idea is that international remittances may contribute to the reduction of poverty, and since food consumption is an element with
Maria Elfani
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The interactive effects of remittances on economic growth and inequality in Western Balkan countries
Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2021 Hardly any studies have investigated the impact of migrant remittances on economic growth (EG) and inequality in the Western Balkans as a whole (WB6).
Ujkan Q. Bajra
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African Human Mobility Review, 2021 Remittances from abroad play a key role in the development of many West African countries. Remittances tend to increase the income of recipients, reduce shortage of foreign exchange and help alleviate poverty.
Muriel Adarkwa
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Jurnal Sosiologi Andalas, 2020 : Remittances from migrants are one of the potentials that can be utilized by the village to improve welfare. Atar is one of the nagari which has a large number of guides in various cities in Indonesia.
Fitri Yolanda
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Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023 This study investigates the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on foreign remittances and whether it affects them symmetrically or asymmetrically.
Rana Yassir Hussain +3 more
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