In this paper, I measure the importance of remittances and financial development for developing countries. I estimate … channel for remittances to affect economic growth. The index brings together information from existing measures, reflecting … the more financial development in a country, the smaller becomes the impact of remittances on economic growth and it can …

The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries … industrialisation. The non-interactive specification elucidates direct effects of remittances on industrialisation whereas interactive … specifications explain indirect impacts. The findings broadly show that for certain initial levels of industrialisation, remittances …

remittance income is spent. My findings suggest that in communities without banks remittances are more likely to be used for … increases the likelihood that remittances are used for productive investment and decreases the likelihood that remittances are … remittances for productive investment, purchasing assets, and general consumption. …

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between remittances, financial sector development, and … are bound together in the long-run. The results also showed that remittances have a negative and significant effect on … of complementarity between remittances and financial sector development in influencing economic growth. In addition …

The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation us ing a panel of 49 African … industrialisation. The non-interactive specification elucidates direct effects of remittances on industrialisation whereas interactive … specifications explain indirect impacts. The findings broadly show that for certain initial levels of industrialisation, remittances …

development in the remittances-inclusive growth relationship. First, evidence based on the system GMM estimator shows that … remittances are not statistically significant in promoting inclusive growth in Africa. Notably, across the economic growth and … income inequality dimensions of inclusive growth, we find that although remittances are ineffective in boosting the former …

migrants’ remittances on financial inclusion in selected SSA countries. Pooled Mean Group (PMG) form of panel ARDL was employed … robustness checks. For the purpose of this empirical investigation, we collected data on Remittances, Account Ownership and … Income Per Capita for 27 SSA countries based on data availability. The conclusion is that remittances have no significant …

This paper seeks to enrich the field of research on the topic of the impact of remittances on long-run economic growth …–2014, we studied the interaction between remittances and the level of economic development, as well as its impact on long …-run economic growth-because the impact of remittances could be influenced by the development level of the receiving countries. In …

The growth in the number and in the size of remittances and the stability of these monetary transfers have made them a …

In this study, we explore the hypotheses that (a) workers' remittances enhance economic growth in Latin American … countries, and (b) workers' remittances help reduce poverty in Latin American countries. In recent decades, workers' remittances … have become an important source of income for many developing countries and, as a global aggregate, workers' remittances …