This study examines the potential of remittances for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in Asian countries … that a 10% increase in remittances decreases the poverty gap by about 0.7–1.4%. The paper also explores the robustness of … using data for more than 20 countries in the region for 1988–2007. The results indicate that remittances positively affect …

high growth, development, and poverty reduction. The paper concludes that the financial development policy agenda in …

Remittances to Asia plunged during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, but the drop was temporary as the flows were … send remittances have been adversely affected. The global nature of this crisis raises several questions such as whether it … examines remittances data to several Asian countries to shed light on such issues. The results suggest that while remittance …

Remittances are an important source of external financing in Pakistan, amounting to around 10% of gross domestic … implications. Combining a database of bilateral remittances between Pakistan and its main remittance-sending countries with monthly … product in 2021. As such, an appropriate understanding of the key macroeconomic drivers of remittances has important policy …

households out of poverty. Remittances thus may help in fighting poverty in the Philippines but not in rebalancing growth …As one of the world's largest recipients of remittances, the Philippines received remittances roughly 12% of its gross … domestic product in 2008. Remittances have become the single most important source of foreign exchange to the economy and a …

, followed by the PRC, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Pakistan. While a significant number moved out of extreme poverty, the number …Poverty reduction in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2005–2008 had been quite significant. Despite the global crisis …, an estimated 150 million people exited extreme poverty by 2008 - from 903.4 million in 2005 to 753.5 million, bringing …