This study examines the potential of remittances for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in Asian countries … home country real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growth. A 10% increase in remittances as a share of GDP leads to … a 0.9-1.2% increase in GDP growth. The findings also show that remittances only have a negligible effect on the overall …

This paper examines the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty for 17 Asian countries … for the period 1981–2001. First, it investigates how much growth is required to offset the adverse effect of an increase … in inequality on poverty. This trade-off between inequality and growth is quantified using a tool called the "inequality–growth …

appropriateness relative to the Government's broad economic and social goals. It aims to contribute to the Government's overall growth …