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 …

This study investigates the relationship between financial development, economic growth and poverty reduction in … financial development, economic growth and poverty reduction exists in Bangladesh. The diagnostic tests show that the underlying …

world’s highest ratio of remittances to their GDP. During last few years numerous studies focused on migration issues within … migration on human development in the region, including poverty reduction, social and gender equality, education and health? The …

There are few studies of the social and economic consequences of remittances from migrant workers on poverty and … inequality in their home country until recently, especially in Haiti. The known amount of remittances sent to Haiti by the … paper, we provide some elements that can help understand what are the consequences of these gifts on poverty and inequality …

capita expenditure, work efforts, poverty and inequality. The estimates suggest that a rise in international remittances in … casts doubts on the view that international remittances may play a crucial role in reducing poverty in developing countries. …This study provides new empirical evidence on the impact of international remittances. Using data from the two most …

explore the effects of remittances on Bolivian household poverty levels. We use micro data from the 2008 Household Survey … treated to compare the poverty level between households which receive and do not receive remittances. Results show that … remittances have a positive effect on reducing urban households’ poverty level, whereas there is no effect on rural households …

This paper deals with the effects of migrants remittances on poverty in Senegal. Data were extracted from the …. The results also indicate that richer households are more affected by remittances. The poverty headcount and poverty gap … remittances improve significantly households’ per capita expenditures. However, the area and quintiles sub-sampling reveals some …

remittances industry, the authors suggest an M-banking like solution for remittances transfer. M-banking offers the advantage of … having a very low cost structure – making it lucrative for banks to target the rural poor. Poverty is an insidious problem in … states, the issue is even more pressing. High levels of poverty lead to high rates of migration towards the North. Augmented …