remittances (from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty and inequality in Ghana. To … 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 …

, as opposed to internal, remittances are included in household income, and when poverty is measured by the more sensitive … international remittances in household expenditure (income) reduces the severity of poverty by 34.8 percent, while including … internal remittances in such income reduces the severity of poverty by only 4.1 percent. International remittances reduce the …