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This paper analyzes the transmission from global commodity to domestic food prices for a large set of countries. First, a theoretical model is developed to explain price transmission for different trade regimes. Drawing from the competitive storage model under rational expectations, it is shown...
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The aim of this article is to investigate the causal relationship between remittances and poverty reduction for 14 …-stationary dynamic panel data. Our estimation results reveal that causality nexus of poverty and remittances is bi-directional. We also … weak impact on the poverty, remittances should be taken seriously, and this by taking measures by developed countries to …
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International remittances represent the second most important source of external funding for developing countries after … foreign direct investment (FDI). This paper examines the impact of international remittances on poverty reduction using the …: poverty headcount ratio, poverty gap ratio, and poverty severity ratio. Results show that international remittances have a …
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The study explored the impact of remittances on poverty in selected emerging markets. On the theoretical front, the … optimistic view argued that remittances inflow into the labour exporting country reduces poverty whereas the pessimistic view … proponents said that remittances dependence syndrome retards both economic growth and income per capita. Separately, using two …
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Hardly any studies have investigated the impact of migrant remittances on economic growth (EG) and inequality in the … Western Balkans as a whole (WB6). Using the method of instrumental variables (VI), the findings show that while remittances … labor market and encouraging uncontrolled individual relocation. This paper also reveals that although remittances have …
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