question by using new data on such variables as the skill composition of migrants, poverty, and interest and exchange rates to … countries which export a larger proportion of low-skilled migrants. It also finds that the level of poverty in a labor …

(from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty and inequality in Ghana. To control … internal and international remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Ghana. However, the size of the … poverty reduction depends on the type of remittances received. In general, poverty in Ghana is reduced more by international …

United States, OECD-Europe) are more likely to receive international remittances, and that while the level of poverty in a … receive remittances, these resource flows do tend to reduce the level and depth of poverty. At the household level, a review …