This study examines the potential of remittances for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in Asian countries … using data for more than 20 countries in the region for 1988-2007. The results indicate that remittances positively affect … home country real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growth. A 10% increase in remittances as a share of GDP leads to …

Remittances to Asia plunged during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, but the drop was temporary as the flows were … send remittances have been adversely affected. The global nature of this crisis raises several questions such as whether it … examines remittances data to several Asian countries to shed light on such issues. The results suggest that while remittance …

This paper examines the impact of remittances on economy and household welfare in Pakistan by using a general … a reduction in remittances, while the second is to show how remittances decrease the probability of being poor and … affect the household consumption expenditure and hence poverty. The findings suggest that reduction in remittances will …