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After eighteen years of mass migration of the Albanian population, primarily to Greece and Italy, a question arises. May migrants become potential agents of socio-economic development in their country of origin? This paper focuses on the role and the importance of remittances and their use in...
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five remittance sending countries have significant impact on remittance. In the analysis it is found that if the domestic … interest rate goes up by 1%, on average, then the remittance will increase by 1.94%. Therefore, remittance in Bangladesh is … 1%, then remittance will increase by 3.06 % …
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remittance inflows. Estimating a dynamic panel data model by the system GMM, we document that remittance inflows are pro … income counties for which remittance inflows are acyclical to home country volatility but pro-cyclical to the volatility in … host countries. For a host country, remittance outflows are counter-cyclical to the volatility of home countries. Trade …
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This study, based on a household survey, contributes to an enhanced understanding about the impact of the global financial crisis (GFC) on migrant household in Bangladesh. The household survey was implemented by collecting data from 217 samples of migrant households from three Upazillas in three...
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Dutch disease is a condition whereby a booming export sector along with a concomitant strengthening of the non-tradable sector cause a deterioration in the rest of the tradable sector. Regression analysis finds that Dutch disease due to international remittances appears to afflict the developing...
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Workers’ remittance inflows have been rising significantly over the past decade for Bangladesh. They have become one of … determine the long run relationship between remittances and inflation. Then, a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) approach is … remittance inflows cause an inflationary pressure in Bangladesh while the responsiveness of food inflation is almost two and half …
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The Moroccan economy relies heavily on remittances from abroad to the extent they are far more significant sources of income than others such as foreign direct investments and tourism. To assess the reliability of this external financing source by testing the resilience vis-à-vis the hosting...
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The existence of parallel economies that operate in the shadows of informality within most Latin American countries is widely recognized by the economic literature. However, its composition, size and effects on economic growth are still open questions. In this paper, we estimate the size and the...
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communications technology, remittance inflows and export liberalisation in Nepal over the periods 1975-2010. The results show that … financial development, telecommunications, remittance inflows and export orientation are instrumental in improving income level … across sectors, encouraging greater remittance inflows through sound labour mobility schemes, export promotion strategies …
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of the fact that import growth precedes exports growth also in hectic periods. It results from our computations that in …
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