In this paper, I study the effect of remittances on economic growth of the Fiji Islands. I provide empirical evidences … based on data for the period 1979-2007 that remittances have a positive and significant impact on growth of Fiji's economy …. The investigation also indicates the need to encourage financial sector development and consider furthering remittances …

The link between remittances and economic growth is a controversial subject. While for some countries with relatively … high and perpetual remittances inflow, the impact on growth may be positive, but this is not the case for all the … inflow and economic growth of the Philippines. We find remittances to positively affect economic growth and therefore are …

part of the labour force from the emigration countries led to a significant flow of remittances. Being viewed as the main … gain of the loss of labour force, remittances are important at macroeconomic level to the extent in which they bring in the … of a country according to the way in which remittances received are used by emigrants. This study analyses the impact …

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 …

The study proposes to evaluate the impact of the current financial crisis on remittances received by three South Asian … countries, namely Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The objective is twofold: to forecast the impact of change in remittances … remittances will be used in a Keynesian framework to assess the impact of remittances on the growth of these countries while at …

While measured remittances by migrant workers have soared in recent years, macroeconomic studies have difficulty … offer evidence that a large majority of the recent rise in measured remittances may be illusory — arising from changes in … remittances is rising migration, which has an opportunity cost to economic product at the origin. Net of that cost, there is …

remittances increase after a disaster, thus contributing ex post to the reconstruction process. At the same time, we find that … remittances play a key role in terms of ex ante risk preparedness for those countries that experienced more disruptive events in …, remittances seem to substitute for less efficient financial systems both in terms of ex post response to disasters and in terms of …

Purpose: The purpose of this research paper is to highlight the importance of remittances in the economic development … between remittances and GDP per capita growth in the Western Balkan countries for the time period 2000 - 2018. Findings …: Results based in OLS model findings reveal a positive relationship between remittances and GDP per capita growth. Also the …

The study investigated the relationship among remittances, financial development and economic growth in a panel of 20 …/ARDL estimations with panel unit root and cointegration tests. After establishing cointegration, remittances and financial development … financial development acted as a substitute in the remittances-growth relationship. Finally, unidirectional causal relationships …

This study focused on diaspora remittances and their effect on economic growth in Nigeria. It sought to assess the … significance of diaspora remittances and to suggest measures that could enhance its effectiveness and economic growth in Nigeria …) multiple. From the analysis, it was revealed that there was a significant relationship between total remittances and gross …