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development vis-à-vis income in Pakistan for the periods 1980-2010 using the bounds procedure within the augmented Solow …-model approach. In the long-run, trade openness, ODA, and remittances have a significant positive effect on the income level, while … while remittances, trade openness and financial development have lagged negative effects. Therefore, understanding that aid …
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poverty in Pakistan. It begins by reviewing the economy, which reveals that during the Nineties although import tariffs were … reduced by 55 percent, poverty however remained higher in this period than in the Eighties. At the same time, Pakistan has … decline in remittances in a CGE framework with all the features necessary for trade policy analysis with poverty and …
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in Pakistan. By using ARDL approach we analyze the impact of remittances inflow on economic growth and poverty in …The study focused on the importance of remittances inflow and its implication for economic growth and poverty reduction … Pakistan for the period 1973-2007. The district wise analysis of poverty suggest that overseas migration contributes to poverty …
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This note makes two poins. First, that the impact of remittances on poverty depends on who sends the remittances. If … those who send it come from poorer households (semi-skilled and unskilled workers), its impact on poverty would be greater …. Second, that the manner in which remittances are sent, i.e. through legal or illegal channels, also makes a difference in …
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This paper investigates the impact of foreign remittances on economic growth of Pakistan. We use secondary time series … foreign remittances have positive and significant relation with GDP of Pakistan while inflation and exchange rate has negative … variables. GDP is taken as dependent variable while foreign remittances, FDI, inflation and exchange rate as independent …
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This analysis outlines current trends and issues regarding the Latin American and Caribbean remittance markets and provides a statistical summary of its size, its demographic characteristics, and its economic impact.
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advantages. The challenge is to provide adequate financial infrastructure for families to use remittances more effectively. …
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Remittances, the portion of migrant workers' earnings sent back home to their families, have been a critical means of … remittances is gaining widespread attention. This report has been elaborated based on a study commissioned by IFAD to the Inter …
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The Dominican Republic is the fourth largest remittance market in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Remittances …
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The objective of this study is to investigate whether remittances in Macedonia affect poverty and inequality. Using two … household surveys, one conducted in 2008, one in 2012, we find that remittances reduce both poverty and inequality. The …
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