economies and development economists having dissenting views about the impact of emigration and remittances on source countries …-coping mechanisms since remittances may play an insurance role. I provide evidence that remittances have transformed farming practices … labor shortages, remittances can be a source of insurance and investment finance that fosters agricultural development …

GDP, inequality, and remittances in the period from approximately 1998-2003. The poverty data set has been collected and … standardized by the World Bank and is an unusually good panel data set on poverty. I find that remittances have no significant … that this is because of the way that remittances are transferred and used. Many remittances in the regions analyzed never …