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Whose money? Digital remittances, mobile money and fintech in Ghana
Journal of Cultural Economics, 2022 This articles explores the intertwining of the digitalisation of remittances with the behavioural turn in development and, more specifically, the advancement of digital financial inclusion.
Vincent Guermond
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Remittances and economic growth: A meta-analysis
World Development, 2020 Expatriate workers’ remittances represent an important source of financing for low- and middle-income countries. No consensus, however, has yet emerged regarding the effect of remittances on economic growth.
A. Cazachevici, T. Havránek, R. Horvath
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Sustainability, 2022 Several investigations show that remittances, renewable energy, and innovation promote the socioeconomic advancement of a nation. Nevertheless, the impacts of remittances and renewable energy on ecological quality are yet to be evaluated thoroughly ...
Chafic Saliba +5 more
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The macroeconomics of remittances in the Philippines [PDF]
Ensayos sobre Política Económica, 2010 The literature on remittances has in the past concentrated on themicroeconomic aspects of the remittance process: the determinants ofremittances, impact of remittances on household allocation decisions, and theirimpact on poverty. Only recently has there been more attention on themacroeconomic impact of remittances.
Bayangos, V.B., Jansen, K.
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The impact of remittances on economic growth in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, 2020 This paper investigates the impact of workers’ remittances on economic growth of four South Asian emerging countries by employing balanced panel data from 1977 to 2016.
Soma Rani Sutradhar
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Remittances to Mexico. Macroeconomic and microeconomic uses
Summa, 2023 This article discusses the macroeconomic and microeconomic characteristics of Mexican remittances from 2003 to the present day. To study the macroeconomic relevance of remittances, we use the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) balance of payments from a heterodox
Víctor Isidro Luna, Rafael López Vega
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Sending money home: Transaction cost and remittances to developing countries
World Economics, 2021 Remittances, the part of the migrant's income sent back to their family living in the origin country, have become a critical stepping-stone to economic development for many developing nations. A key factor that causes migrants to use informal channels is
J. Ahmed +2 more
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Do migrant remittances matter for financial development in Kenya?
Financial Innovation, 2019 The paper analyzes the relationship between remittances and financial development using Kenyan quarterly data from 2006 to 2016. Five different indicators of financial development are used: credit to the private sector as a share of GDP, the number of ...
Roseline Nyakerario Misati +2 more
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Cogent Business & Management, 2023 Despite the general increase in remittance inflows in Kenya over the last four decades, it remains unknown as to whether part of these remittances forms an integral portion of productive investment in the aggregate economy.
Cyprian Amutabi
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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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