This paper explores the impact of remittances on poverty, education, and health in 11 Latin American countries using … remittances flows with respect to GDP. While remittances tend to have positive effects on education and health, this impact is …

The Millennium Development Goals set quantitative targets for poverty reduction and improvements in health, education … in health, education, and the environment. Both estimates yield a figure in the range of $40-$70 billion in additional … health or education and related outcomes, or the relationship between investment and growth, the sensitivity of the results …

Breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty requires far-reaching actions in the education sector …. Widespread poverty affects both students' performance and their availability to attend school. Low-quality education leads to low … income, which in turn perpetuates poverty. Furthermore, low levels of education affect growth though low labor productivity …