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 … will also last for a short time or developing Asia should prepare for a long period of remittance stagnation. This study …

This study examines the potential of remittances for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in Asian countries … using data for more than 20 countries in the region for 1988-2007. The results indicate that remittances positively affect … home country real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growth. A 10% increase in remittances as a share of GDP leads to …

Remittances from overseas can encourage human capital investment and improve educational outcomes in developing … of remittances on the human capital formation of school-age children. After correcting for selection bias and other … potential endogeneities with instrumental variables and fixed effects regressions, remittances are found to have negative …

This paper examines the impact of remittances on economy and household welfare in Pakistan by using a general … a reduction in remittances, while the second is to show how remittances decrease the probability of being poor and … affect the household consumption expenditure and hence poverty. The findings suggest that reduction in remittances will …

conclusion is that a number of countries in developing Asia have significantly improved their basic infrastructure endowments in …

commonality through return and volatility. Cross-market liquidity commonality in Asia increased significantly during and after the …

While developing Asia has recovered strongly from the global crisis, the region faces the medium- and long … Asia's growth. Our results also confirm the relevance of supply-side factors, in particular human capital and openness to … trade, for developing Asia's medium- and long-term growth. The overarching implication for policy makers is that supply …

of developing Asia, compared to the world average. The findings from panel instrumental variable regression confirm … of developing Asia, where this effect appears to be strongest. By contrast, domestic trade potential represented by … country size is found to be less relevant a factor in explaining the rise in income of developing Asia. In light of a likely …

In this paper, we analyze the determinants of the domestic saving rate in developing Asia during 1966-2007 and find … project future trends in domestic saving rates in developing Asia for 2011-2030 based on our estimation results, and find that … the aging of the population will be the main determinant of future trends in domestic saving rates in developing Asia …