remittances to be used more effectively, and concerns about externalities from skilled workers being lost. As a result there is … offers support for a number of other policies, such as lowering the cost of remittances, reducing passport costs, offering …

sent remittances in 2013, about 10 percent of GDP. Twenty-five percent of Sri Lanka?s population is under 15. Declining …

Workers'remittances to developing countries have become the second largest type of flows after foreign direct … remittances on financial sector development. In particular, they examine whether remittances contribute to increasing the … findings provide strong support for the notion that remittances promote financial development in developing countries. …

This paper examines the economic impact of international remittances on countries and households in the developing … world. To analyze the country-level impact of remittances, the paper estimates an econometric model based on a new data set … United States, OECD-Europe) are more likely to receive international remittances, and that while the level of poverty in a …

Existing empirical evidence indicates that remittances have a positive impact on a good number of development … remittances on the real exchange rate. The findings suggest that remittances indeed appear to lead to a significant real exchange …