that demand for migrant workers remains robust for years to come. Hence, the volume of remittances likely will continue to …Given the large size of aggregate remittance flows (billions of dollars annually), they should be expected to have … interest to policymakers with regard to remittances--how to manage their macroeconomic effects, and how to harness their …

Over the past decades, workers' remittances have grown to become one of the largest sources of financial flows to … undeniable that remittances have poverty-alleviating and consumption-smoothing effects on recipient households, a key empirical … is both correlated with remittances and would only be expected to affect growth through its effect on remittances. The …

The paper explicitly models the dynamic strategic aspects of the interaction between the migrant and the remittance …-receiving relative(s), with the migrant behaving as a Stackelberg leader. It is also different from other formalizations of remittance … implications of remittances flows on behavior of receiving households. Consistent with our predictions, remittance …

migration; (ii) higher skill levels of migrating workers have helped to boost remittances; (iii) other imporant determinants of …The flow of workers' remittances to Pakistan has more than quadrupled in the last eight years and it shows no sign of … Pakistani workers. This paper analyses the forces that have driven remittance flows to Pakistan in recent years. The main …

International migration and large remittance flows have been prominent features of the Philippine economy for many … decades. This paper describes the evolving pattern of migration and remittance flows and analyzes some of the channels through … which remittances affect economic activity. The empirical evidence does not clearly support the purported short …

remittance multipliers in recipient countries, this paper estimates the impact of the global economic crisis on African GDP via … the remittance channel during 2009-2010. It forecasts remittance declines into African countries of between 3 and 14 … estimated impact on GDP for relatively remittance-dependent countries is 2 percent for 2009, but will likely be short-lived, as …

Development in the course of the inquiry into Migration and Development. It is largely a product of the author's longstanding …-flows of remittances have on the local economy in and around their villages of origin. …