Remittances are large and have grown substantially over the past decade in the Pacific region. This primarily reflects … the impact of emigration due to low growth and limited employment prospects at home. Many Pacific emigrants settle abroad … that the altruistic motive for remittances remains much stronger in the Pacific region than in the rest of Asia, where …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the surprising strength of remittances in Bangladesh and other countries in South … Asia and the Philippines in 2009. The empirical analysis suggests that the continued strong growth of remittances in these … of migrant workers from South Asia during 2006–08. The remittances-to-GDP ratio in South Asia and the Philippines are …

The flow of workers' remittances to Pakistan has more than quadrupled in the last eight years and it shows no sign of … conclusions are: (i) the growth in the inflow of workers' remittances to Pakistan is in large part due to an increase in worker … migration; (ii) higher skill levels of migrating workers have helped to boost remittances; (iii) other imporant determinants of …

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 …

interest to policymakers with regard to remittances--how to manage their macroeconomic effects, and how to harness their … remittances on recipient economies. In broad terms, the findings of this paper tend to confirm the main benefit cited in the … microeconomic literature: remittances improve households' welfare by lifting families out of poverty and insuring them against …

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 … significant relationship with employment conditions in certain regions of the United States. Employment conditions in the U …

The dominant role of remittances in Comoros’s economy presents policymakers with important challenges and …

flexibility with state-provided unemployment insurance and can be applied only to new entrants in the market without affecting the …

increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between …