Remittances constitute a significant safety net for millions of households in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC … of remittances. The recovery of remittances was accompanied by a modest and temporary increase in the interest in digital …

remittances to LAC, as well as their costs and benefits. For the home country, the negative impact from emigration on labor … resources and productivity seems to outweigh growth gains from remittances, notably for the Caribbean. However, given emigration …

Within a theoretical framework, the author analyzes the effects that both workers' remittances and financial … intermediation have on economic growth. It is found, among other things, that remittances can have significant positive long … responsiveness of growth to remittances. The overall conclusion is that making financial services more generally available should …

disasters and remittances affect each other but also reviews the distribution of female-headed households in Jamaica as a … percentage of households living below the poverty line and seeks to identify whether flows of remittances alleviate the post … disaster, which usually affects the poor disproportionately, provides a push factor for -- natural disasters ; remittances …