in Ghana and the remittances. According to the available statistics, remittances in Ghana do not have any significant …This study examines the link between macroeconomic indicators of workers’ (formal and informal) and remittances in … Rural Ghana. A number of regressions tests have been conducted and found the link between price increases, cost of borrowing …

This paper analyses changes in income portfolios of rural households and its determinants for the case of Ghana in the … 1990s. Our analysis shows that, contrary to common beliefs, rural Ghana has seen major economic transformation, as …

This paper analyzes the impact of internal remittances (from Ghana) and international remittances (from African or … other countries) on investment and poverty in Ghana. It has three findings. First, when compared to what they would have … spent without the receipt of remittances, households receiving remittances spend less at the margin on food. Second …

This paper analyses changes in income portfolios of rural households and its determinants for the case of Ghana in the … 1990s. Our analysis shows that, contrary to common beliefs, rural Ghana has seen major economic transformation, as …

This paper analyses changes in income portfolios of rural households and its determinants for the case of Ghana in the … 1990s. Our analysis shows that, contrary to common beliefs, rural Ghana has seen major economic transformation, as …

The study attempts to examine the impact of remittances on macroeconomic activities (private consumption and investment … model, the results indicate that remittances along with debt, money supply (net of bank demand deposits) and income …

This paper addresses the complex and overlooked relationship between the receipt of workers' remittances and …, even after controlling for potential reverse causality. We find that a higher ratio of remittances to GDP is associated …

This paper investigates the channels through which remittances affect macroeconomic volatility in African countries … consumption volatility is somewhat small. Furthermore, remittances are found to absorb a substantial amount of GDP shocks in these … countries. An investigation of the theoretical channels shows that the stabilization impact of remittances essentially hinges on …