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This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
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remittances to be used more effectively, and concerns about externalities from skilled workers being lost. As a result there is … offers support for a number of other policies, such as lowering the cost of remittances, reducing passport costs, offering …
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Workers'remittances to developing countries have become the second largest type of flows after foreign direct … remittances on financial sector development. In particular, they examine whether remittances contribute to increasing the … extensive literature that has documented the growth-enhancing and poverty-reducing effects of financial development. The …
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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 …This paper examines the economic impact of international remittances on countries and households in the developing …
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Existing empirical evidence indicates that remittances have a positive impact on a good number of development … remittances on the real exchange rate. The findings suggest that remittances indeed appear to lead to a significant real exchange …
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This paper investigates the impact of remittances on financial inclusion. This is an important issue given recent … data for El Salvador, the authors examine the impact of remittances on households'use of savings and credit instruments … from formal financial institutions. They find that although remittances have a positive impact on financial inclusion by …
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The objective of this paper is to present microeconomic evidence on the economic effects of international remittances … on households'spending decisions. Remittances can increase the household budget and reduce liquidity constraint problems …, allowing more consumption and investment. In particular, remittances can afford investing in children's human capital, a key …
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-sectional analysis suggests that remittances have some impact on labor supply, especially on labor market participation. The pseudo panel … data analysis also confirms that remittances have a strong impact on labor participation but not on weekly working hours …
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, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda -- to investigate the link between international remittances and households'financial inclusion … in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper finds that receiving international remittances increases the probability that the … remittances, using as instruments indicators of the migrants'economic conditions in the destination countries. …
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Remittances are a major source of external finance for many developing countries but the cost of sending remittances … remittance products. But it does not change either the frequency or level of remittances. …
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