countries is the receipt of remittances or transfers from income earned by overseas emigrants. Official data show that …

consequences, and how policies can increase their role in reducing poverty. The GEP explores the gains and losses from … distributional impact from an increase in high-income countries' labor force caused by migration from developing countries. Chapter 3 …

of its principal aims is to reduce poverty in lagging regions by stimulating local economic growth. However, problems … exist with this approach. First, it may miss the target. Although geographical concentrations of poverty exist, poor people … also live in regions that are-on average-rich. Second, the sources of the problem may be misdiagnosed. Poverty is not only …