This paper analyzes the link between remittances inflows and nonperforming loans (NPLs) in a large sample of developing … indicate a stronger marginal impact of remittances in a context of high macroeconomic instability, suggesting a significant … effect of remittances on the likelihood of the private sector’s credit default during shocks. These results hold even after …

policy that took place in 2011 in four members of the East African Community: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. We find …

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. A BENCHMARK: PRINCIPLES OF DECENTRALIZATION REFORM -- III. UGANDA …

these questions by exploring individual-level and nationally representative survey data for Uganda, a country in a region … users are more likely to receive and send remittances, save, and borrow. They also save and borrow larger amounts …

Uganda has registered one of the most impressive economic turnarounds of recent decades. The amelioration of conflict … markets, economic growth has not translated into significant structural transformation. This paper considers (i) Uganda …

world's largest recipient of remittances as a percent of GDP. Remittances constituted about 13 percent of the region's GDP … official remittances to the Caribbean region. The results suggest that there is indeed some evidence for brain drain from the …

Workers' remittances are often argued to have a tendency to move countercyclically with the GDP in recipient countries …' remittances flows into 12 developing countries over their respective business cycles during 1976-2003 and finds that …