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Migration and Poverty in India: A Multi-Patterned and Complex Reality
Shah, Amita; Kumar, Animesh - eSocialSciences - 2013
The paper reviews the existing evidence on migration-poverty interface in the light of the macro and micro level studies in India. It also discusses the extent, patterns, and correlates of short term migration with the help a large set of data collected from rural households in major states in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945526
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Behavior of Remittance Inflows and its Determinants in Bangladesh
Begum, Mst. Nurnaher; Sutradhar, Rama Rani - eSocialSciences - 2012
The paper examines the determinants of remittance inflow by applying ordinary least square method (OLS). The model include the weighted average GDP of the six (Saudi Arabia (KSA), United Arab Emirates (UAE), Malaysia, Kuwait, USA and UK) remittance sending host countries which contributed more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010567987
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Do Remittances Impact the Economy? Some Empirical Evidences from A Developing Economy
Mallick, Hrushikesh - eSocialSciences - 2009
The study attempts to examine the impact of remittances on macroeconomic activities (private consumption and investment … model, the results indicate that remittances along with debt, money supply (net of bank demand deposits) and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025321
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Migrants' Private Giving and Development: Diasporic Influences on Development in Central Gujarat, India
Guha, Puja - eSocialSciences - 2013
The paper addresses the migration-development debate by developing a framework for understanding who are the migrants … backgrounds and migration histories of migrants – in terms of their destination of migration, duration of stay, and occupation … central region of Gujarat, India as a reference case, it traces the pattern of private giving by migrants from the region and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133155
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Preliminary Evidence on Internal Migration, Remittances, and Teen Schooling in India
Mueller, Valerie; Shariff, Abusaleh - eSocialSciences - 2013
remittances from internal migrants and human capital investment in rural areas. A propensity score–matching approach to account … for the selectivity of households is used into receiving remittances. [IFPRI Discussion Paper 00858]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133273
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The Return of the Prodigy Son: Do Return Migrants Make Better Leaders?
Mercier, Marion - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of political leaders’ migration experience on the quality of their leadership. A database is constructed on the personal background of 932 politicians who were at the head of the executive power in a developing country over the 1960-2004 period. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133117
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Fertility Regulation in an Economic Crisis
McKelvey, Christopher; Thomas, Duncan; Frankenberg, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
effort to reduce global fertility and increase investment per child worldwide. The importance for fertility behaviors of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319330
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Naude, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Goedhuys, Micheline - eSocialSciences - 2011
How does innovation impact on development? How, and under what conditions, do entrepreneurs in developing countries innovate? And what can be done to support innovation by entrepreneurs in developing countries? This policy brief addresses these questions and explains the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323949
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Determinants of Fixed Investment:A Study of Indian Private Corporate Manufacturing Sector
Nair, V.R. Prabhakaran - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper analyses the determinants of fixed investment in the Indian Private Corporate Manufacturing sector for the … determining the investment behaviour in developing countries rather than the traditional factors like output and profit. Against … whether the traditional factors or the economic policy variables plays a major role in determining investment behaviour. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727224
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Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Infrastructure
Setboonsarng, Sununtar - eSocialSciences - 2010
The main issues surrounding this concern and provides a range of policy, regulatory, and institutional measures that could help strengthen the impact of transport infrastructure on poverty reduction are summarized.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522013