investigating the impact of remittances on consumption, investment, imports and output. It estimates short and long-run multiplier … effects of exogenous shocks of remittances, with data from five Mediterranean countries. The analysis reveals a uniform … changes, in the sense that the good done to growth by rising remittances is not as great as the bad done by falling …

the migrant and his family, treating remittances as an endogenous variable in the migration system. Behind this model is … present or future consumption of remittances. The model has two purposes: estimate the relative significance of behavioural …

poor growth, then summarizing the linkages between inequality, poverty, and pro poor growth, before proceeding to analyze …Pro Poor Growth has become a central concern to achieve sustainable poverty reduction in developing countries. Despite …

This paper reviews two common definitions of poverty targeted projects, discusses the limitations of poverty targeting … classifications, calls for a poverty focused cost-benefit analysis that looks at the main policy constraints affecting the …