Remittances have risen spectacularly in recent decades, capturing the attention of researchers and policymakers and … spurring debate on their pros and cons. Remittances can improve the well-being of family members left behind and boost the …

We examine the long-run relationship between remittances and the real exchange rate for less developed countries using …

remittances are countercyclical, without condition, fast and anti-crisis, greater than international aid. However, the … participation of the Diaspora in the economic and social development of Haiti does not seem to be possible only through remittances …

us to show that if some poor families receive remittances and social culture affects the composition of their consumption … real hierarchical social position. This finding may explain why remittances are more allocated to consumption rather to the …

This study investigates the extent to which Mexican workers’ remittances are affected from the recent housing market … has a negative and statistically significant impact on Mexican remittances. At the regional level, foreclosure rates of … the South and the West have a significant impact on workers’ remittances in the same negative direction. However …

foreign aid as its leading external non-debt capital and attracts the least remittances, notwithstanding the positive growth … with remittance inflows. This implies remittances are likely to be driven by sound macroeconomic environment in recipient … countries. An affirmation of this finding is that, in SSA, (and, indeed, for all developing economies), remittances are pro …

The diagnosis: Dutch disease caused by international remittances afflicts the middle income countries but not the upper …

The diagnosis: Dutch disease caused by international remittances afflicts the middle income countries but not the upper …