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

Remittances have risen spectacularly in absolute terms and in relation to traditional sources of foreign exchange, such … as export revenues. Remittances can improve the well-being of family members left behind and boost growth rates of …

by the global financial crisis, principally through reductions in remittances, aid flows and FDI. It argues that the …

Migrants' remittances to developing countries have increased in recent decades, partly due to reduced transactions … explanation. Despite the difficulties female migrants encounter in the labor market, their total remittances may be higher and …

In the past twenty years the ever-growing levels of migrants' remittances made state agencies, international … organizations, scholars and practitioners to increasingly consider remittances as one of the main engines to promote globalization … effects and uses of migrant remittances. Furthermore, using different case studies from Europe and Asia, the paper addresses …

The study explored the impact of remittances on poverty in selected emerging markets. On the theoretical front, the … optimistic view argued that remittances inflow into the labour exporting country reduces poverty whereas the pessimistic view … proponents said that remittances dependence syndrome retards both economic growth and income per capita. Separately, using two …

The literature on remittances is large and growing. However, its focus has mainly been on the effects of remittance …

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 …

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 …