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additional investments that immigrants necessitate. 4. Do remittances reduce real incomes for natives? It is concluded that they … remittances could conceivably be ten times the official figure. In short the cost imposed on UK natives by immigrants could easily …
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investigates how remittances via trans-national networks affect human capital investments through relaxing resource constraints and … facilitate households in consumption smoothing by reducing vulnerability to economic shocks. Our results show that remittances … that aggregate shocks are associated with increased work activities, while remittances are used to finance education when …
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contributing both countries micro and macro economy in terms of remittances (Bangladesh) and shortage of 3D labour (Malaysia). This …, Malaysia and also World Bank migration and remittances database. The arithmetic analysis indicates that there is no …
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The paper explores the impact of migrant remittances on local economic development in a locality where more than half … previous research, the study found that remittances boost the consumption of receiving households and have a limited but … traditional agricultural activities. This study highlights that remittances are responsible for the creation of a significant …
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Macedonia has a large diaspora, high emigration rate and large amount of remittances received. The objective of this … is made to the role of remittances. The Remittances Survey 2008 is used, while dissatisfaction, feeling unequal and … emigrate, irrespective of their level of dissatisfaction. Remittances were found to play a strong role for the inclination to …
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investigates how remittances via trans-national networks affect human capital investments through relaxing resource constraints and … facilitate households in consumption smoothing by reducing vulnerability to economic shocks. Our results show that remittances … that aggregate shocks are associated with increased work activities, while remittances are used to finance education when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005399289
Most small fragile states have their own unique circumstances that predispose them to social conflict or frequent economic disruptions. These disruptions end up imposing a large cost on regional neighbours and on the international community more broadly. Therefore the development community is in...
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The number of migrants from conflict regions in Africa has been increasing dramatically. The European Union shares dual responsibility for the continuing migration pressure: First, because they fostered over decades corrupt and autocratic regimes with dire disregard to principles of ‘good...
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In developing countries, remittances and intra-family private transfers sent by household members who migrate to more … information, we show that low-skilled workers are expected to provide higher amounts of remittances when remittances are motivated … remittances may be seen as an implicit insurance, whose benefits are received only under migration return. …
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The New Nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact, compared with that of national independence movements of the early 1960s. Contrary to the first nationalism, the second is less prone to include than to exclude populations; alienation,...
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