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While public financial institutions (such as public development banks) are commonly associated with developing countries, in fact they are prevalent in the developed world as well. We study a sample of public financial institutions in industrialized countries and identify dominant trends in...
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, the role of remittances in the economy, and the policy response to rapid credit growth. It also analyzes the official … payments. It also provides a framework for analyzing the budgetary impact of remittances in Albania, and examines the …
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receives only a small portion of the total recorded remittances to developing countries, and the volume of aid flows to SSA … swamps remittances, this paper finds that remittances, which are a stable, private transfer, have a direct poverty mitigating … remittances, poverty and financial development. The paper posits that formalizing such flows can serve as an effective access …
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estimates a gravity model for workers' remittances. We find that most of the variation in bilateral remittance flows can be … commonly believed. Most strikingly, remittances do not seem to increase in the wake of a natural disaster and appear aligned … with the business cycle in the home country, suggesting that remittances may not play a major role in limiting …
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Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, there has been increased public interest in informal funds transfer (IFT) systems. This paper examines the informal hawala system, an IFT system found predominantly in the Middle East and South Asia. The paper examines the historical and...
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The Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix on Cape Verde review determinants of emigrant deposits (ED). EDs have provided a substantial source of foreign exchange to the Cape Verdean economy, and have been vital in maintaining the fixed exchange rate. Prospects for growth in Cape Verde...
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This Selected Issues paper on Mexico presents econometric investigation of the cyclical determinants of remittances to … Mexico. The aggregate U.S. business cycle is not necessarily relevant for remittances. Remittances to Mexico do show a ….S. construction sector seem to be especially important as well as remittances for certain regions of Mexico with high rates of …
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The dominant role of remittances in Comoros’s economy presents policymakers with important challenges and …
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This paper analyzes the link between remittances inflows and nonperforming loans (NPLs) in a large sample of developing … indicate a stronger marginal impact of remittances in a context of high macroeconomic instability, suggesting a significant … effect of remittances on the likelihood of the private sector’s credit default during shocks. These results hold even after …
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Financial sector linkages have increased continuously in the Caribbean with cross border capital flows and financial …
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