An attempt has been made in this paper to examine the impact of international remittances on poverty and income … inequality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In carrying out the study, 34 SSA countries for which relevant data are available …, between 1980 and 2009, were sampled for the poverty analysis whilst a sample size of 36 was used in the remittances …

How responsive are remittances to various disasters, both natural and human-made? And would remittances be affected by … over the period 1980 to 2007, we find that remittances are slow to respond to natural disasters, unresponsive to outbreaks … incomes, migration stocks, exchange rates, and the banking system. The relative persistence of remittances suggests that it is …

The number of migrants from conflict regions in Africa has been increasing dramatically. The European Union shares dual … constitutes one of the underlying factors for politically motivated migration. Secondly, the EU contributed to Africa’s economic …

The number of migrants from conflict regions in Africa has been increasing dramatically. The European Union shares dual … of the underlying factors for politically motivated migration. Second, the EU contributed to Africa’s economic misery due …

'brain drain' from Africa even more, while mil-lions of unskilled irregular migrants compete with the growing army of …

This paper investigates how sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries could harness remittances through formal channels for … ability of sub-Saharan African countries to harness remittances for development. Besides remitting home for altruistic reasons …

This paper examines the effectiveness of remittances and official development assistance (ODA) in developing countries … remittances transferred by emigrants to their countries of origin which proved to be quite effective. We find that remittances … addition, remittances tend to be higher than ODA funds, they are absorbed by 80-90 per cent (in comparison with 50 per cent of …

This paper examines the effectiveness of remittances and official development assistance (ODA) in developing countries … remittances transferred by emigrants to their countries of origin which proved to be quite effective. We find that remittances … addition, remittances tend to be higher than ODA funds, they are absorbed by 80-90 per cent (in comparison with 50 per cent of …

This paper investigates the factors that drive or constrain remittances from South Africa to the countries in the …

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if …This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 … remittances have increased human capital among the low-income nations, among the upper-middle-income nations, they have mostly …