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Institutional Development : Skill Transference Through a Reversal of ""Human Capital Flight"" or Technical Assistance
International Monetary Fund - 1997
We examine the issue of technical assistance versus brain drain repatriation as alternative strategies for transferring scarce skills to a skill-poor economy. Technical assistance relies mainly on expatriate skills and labor from the host country, while brain drain repatriation seeks to effect a...
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Nigeria; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Nigeria highlights the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). NEEDS gives special support to agriculture, industry, small and medium-scale enterprises, and oil and gas. Under the plan, the government will seek long-term capital...
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International Transactions in Remittances : Guide for Compilers and Users (RCG)
International Monetary Fund - 2009
classifications related to remittances. It is consistent with the new standards for measuring balance of payments transactions, as … are used globally to compile comprehensive and comparable data. The RCG identifies the main remittances compilation … manual providing compilation guidance for remittances and is also the first compilation guide based on concepts set out in …
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Regulatory Frameworks for Hawala and Other Remittance Systems
International Monetary Fund - 2005
financing of terrorism. The IMF and the World Bank have been researching these systems since 2002 to better understand the …
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Kiribati : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund - 2009
an important source of revenue. It also analyzes recent developments and the outlook for remittances to Kiribati, which …
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Central America : Structural Foundations for Regional Financial Integration
International Monetary Fund - 2006
Sector Regional Project by an IMF and World Bank staff team, this book outlines trends in the region's financial sector … worker remittances. It addresses the many common policy challenges facing Central American countries--Costa Rica, El Salvador …
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Are Foreign Aid and Remittance Inflows a Hedge Against Food Price Shocks?
International Monetary Fund - 2012
This paper explores the role of foreign aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of the effects of food price shocks. Using a large sample of developing countries and mobilising dynamic panel data specifications, the econometric results yield two important findings. First, remittance and aid...
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An Empirical ""Dependent Economy"" Model for Pakistan
International Monetary Fund - 1991
particular, the contribution that external inflows, in the form of workers’ remittances and concessional lending, may have made …
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Determinants of Emigrant Deposits in Cape Verde
International Monetary Fund - 2006
In the last decade Cape Verde has experienced a strong accumulation of emigrant deposits. These deposits have provided much needed foreign exchange to the country, adding support to the exchange rate peg. This paper studies the long-run determinants of emigrant deposits with respect to risk,...
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El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Update : Payments, Remittances, and Securities Settlement Systems
International Monetary Fund (contributor);  … - International Monetary Fund - 2010
payments, remittances, and securities settlement processes in El Salvador, based on international standards and best practices …
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