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International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010

of migrant workers from South Asia during 2006â€“08. The remittances-to-GDP ratio in South Asia and the Philippines are …

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Remittances in Pakistan; Why have they gone up, and why Aren't they coming down?

Sun, Yan; Kock, Udo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

migration; (ii) higher skill levels of migrating workers have helped to boost remittances; (iii) other imporant determinants of …

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Impact of Remittanceson Poverty and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gupta, Sanjeev; Pattillo, Catherine A.; Wagh, Smita - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

out-migration in SSA. …

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Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances

Fullenkamp, Connel; Cosimano, Thomas F.; Gapen, Michael T. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

that demand for migrant workers remains robust for years to come. Hence, the volume of remittances likely will continue to …

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Emigration and Brain Drain; Evidence From the Caribbean

Mishra, Prachi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper quantifies the magnitude and nature of migration flows from the Caribbean and estimates their costs and … migration rates are particularly striking for the highskilled. Many countries have lost more than 70 percent of their labor … in 2002. Simple welfare calculations suggest that the losses due to high-skill migration (ceteris paribus) outweigh the …

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Do the Gulf Oil-Producing Countries Influence Regional Growth? T+L3886he Impact of Financial and Remittance Flows

Ilahi, Nadeem; Shendy, Riham - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper tests the association between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' financial and remittance outflows and regional growth in the Middle East. The findings, based on 35-year panel data, indicate that growth rates of real GDP, private consumption and private investment in...

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Business Cycles and Workers' Remittances; How Do Migrant Workers Respond to Cyclical Movements of GDP At Home?

Sayan, Serdar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

since migrant workers are expected to remit more during down cycles of economic activity back home. Yet, how much to remit …

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A Model of Multiple Equilibria in Geographic Labor Mobility

Ubeda, Luis; Spilimbergo, Antonio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

migration patterns in response to local economic shocks. This approach explains the different behaviors of workers in different …

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Do Remittances Reduce Aid Dependency?

Goff, Maelan Le; Kpodar, Kangni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

migrants can influence aid policy in donor countries. Using an instrumental variable approach with panel data for a sample of …

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Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa

Singh, Raju Jan; Lee, Kyung-woo; Haacker, Markus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

The paper investigates the determinants and the macroeconomic role of remittances in sub-Saharan Africa, assembling the most comprehensive dataset available so far on remittances in the region and incorporating data on the diaspora. It finds that remittances are larger for countries with a...

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