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Remittances and disaster: a review

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2013
Abstract Over the last few decades remittances sent to the least wealthy countries have been considerably augmented. In most Small Island Developing States (SIDS), remittances are important in sustaining people's daily livelihood. Moreover, there is growing evidence that remittances intensify significantly during crisis events, thus representing a ...
Le De, Loïc, Gaillard, Jean-Christophe, Friesen, W.   +2 more
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Remittances and Working Poverty

The Journal of Development Studies, 2014
AbstractThis article shows that the level and the predictability of remittances reduce working poverty in receiving economies through their effects on labour market dynamics. It takes advantage of the new cross-country dataset (ILO, KILM 7th edition) containing information on the share of individuals working for less than US$2 per day.
Combes, Jean-Louis, Ebeke, Christian Hubert, Maurel, Mathilde, Yogo, Thierry Urbain   +3 more
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The Impact of remittances on household food security: Evidence from a survey in Bangladesh

Migration and Development, 2020
This paper examines the impact of international remittances on household food security, using robust food security measurement indices constructed from a cross-section sample of rural households in Bangladesh.
M. Moniruzzaman
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The nexus between remittances, natural resources, technological innovation, economic growth, and environmental sustainability in Pakistan

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022
Minhaj Ali, Derviş Kırıkkaleli, Ridhima Sharma, Mehmet Altuntaş   +3 more
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Aid, Growth, Remittances and Carbon Emissions in Nepal

Energy Journal, 2019
Using historical data from Nepal—one of the largest recipients of aid among South Asian countries—this paper investigates the link between foreign aid, growth, remittances and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Kishor Sharma, B. Bhattarai, Salma Ahmed
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The dynamic linkage between remittances, export diversification, education, renewable energy consumption, economic growth, and CO 2 emissions in top remittance‐receiving countries

Sustainable Development, 2021
Muhammad Wasif Zafar, M. Saleem, M. Destek, A. Caglar   +3 more
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Do personal remittances cause environmental pollution? Evidence from the top eight remittance-receiving countries

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022
M. Islam
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International migrant remittances and labour force participation in Nigeria

African Development Review, 2020
This study examines the effect of remittances inflow to Nigeria on labour force participation in the country using the propensity score matching and Heckman two‐step benchmark model.
Ebele S. Nwokoye, C. Igbanugo, S. K. Dimnwobi   +2 more
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Heterogeneous effects of remittances and institutional quality in reducing environmental deficit in the presence of EKC hypothesis: A global study with the application of panel quantile regression

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021
M. Usman, A. Jahanger
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Do remittances spur economic growth? Evidence from developing countries

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2019
This paper provides original econometric evidence on whether international remittance transfers spur economic growth based on data for a sample of 49 developing countries during the period 2001-2013.
Jude C. Eggoh, Chrysost Bangake, Gervasio Semedo   +2 more
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