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Do international remittances promote poverty alleviation? : evidence from low- and middle-income countries
Saptono, Prianto Budi; Mahmud, Gustofan; Lei, Li-fen - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-20
remittances on poverty alleviation using data for 65 low- and- middle-income countries from 2002 to 2016. By using two-stage least …
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Inter-Country Comparisons of Poverty Based on a Capability Approach
Reddy, Sanjay G.; Visaria, Sujata; Asali, Muhammad - 2014
We argue that inter-country comparisons of income poverty based on poverty lines uniformly reflecting the costs of the … and in the construction of income poverty lines that uniformly reflect the costs of the basic requirements of human beings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014057114
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The effects of international remittances on poverty and inequality in Ethiopia
Beyene, Berhe Mekonnen - 2012 - Publisert 16. apr. 2012 14:05
The paper studies the effects of international remittances on poverty and inequality in Ethiopia using an urban household survey from 2004. In order to identify the effects of remittances on poverty and inequality, counterfactual consumption in the hypothetical case of no remittance is estimated...
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Remittances, Growth and Poverty: New Evidence from Asian Countries
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Ali, Abdilahi; … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2011
The present study re-examines the effects of remittances on growth of GDP per capita using annual panel data for 24 Asia and Pacific countries. The results generally confirm that remittance flows have been beneficial to economic growth. However, our analysis also shows that the volatility of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369299
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Remittances, growth and poverty: New evidence from Asian countries
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Ali, Abdilahi; … - In: Journal of Policy Modeling 36 (2014) 3, pp. 524-538
The present study re-examines the effects of remittances on growth of GDP per capita using annual panel data for 24 Asia and Pacific countries. The results generally confirm that remittance flows have been beneficial to economic growth. However, our analysis also shows that the volatility of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010785248
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The impact of Migrant Workers ' Remittances on the Living Standards of families in Morocco: a Propensity Score Matching Approach
Miftah, Amal; Bouoiyour, Jamal - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010748204
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The effects of remittances on poverty and inequality: Evidence from rural southern Morocco
Miftah, Amal; Bouoiyour, Jamal - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
counterfactual income of remittance-recipient households corresponding to a hypothetical value of its average income calculated for a … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the … have increased income inequality compared to the no-migration counterfactual situation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772256
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Poverty imputation in contexts without consumption data : a revisit with further refinements
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2023
Household consumption data are often unavailable, not fully collected, or incomparable over time in poorer countries. Survey-to-survey imputation has been increasingly employed to address these data gaps for poverty measurement, but its effective use requires standardized protocols. We refine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013546036
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Poverty imputation in contexts without consumption data : a revisit with further refinements
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2023
Household consumption data are often unavailable, not fully collected, or incomparable over time in poorer countries. Survey-to-survey imputation has been increasingly employed to address these data gaps for poverty measurement, but its effective use requires standardized protocols. We refine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013499556
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Imputing poverty indicators without consumption data : an exploratory analysis
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2024
Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated or display inconsistencies over time in poorer countries. To address these data challenges, we employ survey-to-survey imputation to produce estimates for several poverty indicators...
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