estimates a gravity model for workers' remittances. We find that most of the variation in bilateral remittance flows can be … commonly believed. Most strikingly, remittances do not seem to increase in the wake of a natural disaster and appear aligned … with the business cycle in the home country, suggesting that remittances may not play a major role in limiting …

receives only a small portion of the total recorded remittances to developing countries, and the volume of aid flows to SSA … swamps remittances, this paper finds that remittances, which are a stable, private transfer, have a direct poverty mitigating … remittances, poverty and financial development. The paper posits that formalizing such flows can serve as an effective access …

This Selected Issues paper on Mexico presents econometric investigation of the cyclical determinants of remittances to … Mexico. The aggregate U.S. business cycle is not necessarily relevant for remittances. Remittances to Mexico do show a ….S. construction sector seem to be especially important as well as remittances for certain regions of Mexico with high rates of …

The dominant role of remittances in Comoros’s economy presents policymakers with important challenges and …

This paper aims to understand the links between migration and poverty at the community level. Most of the research to … date on the links between migration and poverty has been conducted at the micro level, while research related to migration …) education, 3) livelihood and 4) health. We look at different rates of poverty by migration/remittance prevalence and country …

This article reflects the interdependence between the migration phenomenon of our country's population and the … phenomena carried in the overall human development of the Republic of Moldova, and the consequences of migration on the social … accorded to migration in terms of social security of the country, as well as Moldova's position towards recipient countries to …

Migration is a phenomenon that reflects economic, social and demographic imbalances across countries and requires a … development impact of migration. It will do so by commenting on three broad questions. First, how and in what ways is migration … important for development? Second, what are the costs and benefits of migration for developing and developed countries? And …