An April 2015 World Bank report on the Millennium Development Goal poverty target has revealed that extreme poverty has …-Swan and Boyce-Fofack-Ndikumana. The central argument presented is that the inequality problem is at the heart of rational … asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality increases when the return on capital is …

paradigms and underpinnings from Solow-Swan & Boyce-Fofack-Ndikumana. The central argument presented is that the inequality … problem is at the heart of rational asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality … African countries, inequality in development increases and African may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal …

focusing on the migration rate, remittances, population growth and secondary school enrolment. This has not received adequate … attention in the literature, as many papers have primarily focused on the impact of remittances on economic growth. Design …/methodology/approach Leveraging on the macro-level approach to migration, remittances and the economy, this research considers the nexus among the …

correlation is not observable for remittances, an alternative form of foreign-exchange inflows where the capital flight motivation …

consider this correlation to be indicative of a causal link. First, we compare aid to remittances, an alternative form of …