This paper examines how the probability of sending remittances and the level of remittances sent are influenced by … immigrants' desire to insure against uncertainty, as opposed to factors that result in remittances with altruistic motives. Using …

a relationship between poverty and emigration, and that remittances lessen inequality. On the basis of Latin American … and Mexican data, this chapter intends to show that for Mexico, the exchange of migrants for remittances is among the … lowest in Latin America, that extreme poor Mexicans don't migrate although the moderately poor do, that remittances have a …

Labour migration and remittances are major economic main-stays for Nepal’s economy. However, there is still insuffi … by the authors closely corresponds with official statistics, while amount of remittances seems to be higher indeed …, highlighting once more that labour migra-tion and remittances are an important mainstay of Nepal’s economy. …

-tees and lower levels of remittances as a percentage of household income. Although cultural ties remain strong after ten years …

forecasting country-level remittance flows in a manner consistent with the medium-term outlook for the global economy. Remittances …

This paper analyses the macroeconomic determinants of remittances to India and assesses the impact of the current … global slowdown on these flows. The paper shows that remittances exhibit a strong trend, whereby they have increased at a … robust rate of 10 per cent a year since 1992. The movement of remittances is limited around the trend and traditionally has …

While remittances from the GCC countries to Asia slowed down during the crisis, there is no evidence of large decreases …. On the other hand, remittances to several MENA countries decreased during 2009, but the evidence for 2010 suggests a …