The themes of the 2006 Global Economic Prospects (GEP) are international remittances and migration, their economic … consequences, and how policies can increase their role in reducing poverty. The GEP explores the gains and losses from … attention to remittances. The first chapter reviews recent developments in and prospects for the global economy and their …

approfondissement.There are few studies of the social and economic consequences of remittances from migrant workers on poverty and … inequality in their home country until recently, especially in Haiti. The known amount of remittances sent to Haiti by the … paper, we provide some elements that can help understand what are the consequences of these gifts on poverty and inequality …

remittances on income, poverty, inequality, and human capital (or, in general, "welfare") as well as difficulties confronting … remittances implies a need to carefully spell out the rationale for interventions. It also notices the lack of good migration data …

large as Nedroma. At the same time, they help reduce poverty by nearly 13 percentage points. Remittances have a strong …This article analyses the distributional impact of remittances across two regions of Algerian emigration (Nedroma and … Idjeur) using an original survey we conducted of 1,200 households in 2011. Remittances and especially the role played by …

remittances on income, poverty, inequality, and human capital (or, in general,welfare) as well as difficulties confronting … remittances implies a need to carefully spell out the rationale for interventions. It also notices the lack of good migration data …

Few studies have examined the impact of international migration and remittances on poverty in a broad cross-section of … just above the poverty line in middle-income developing countries.- International remittances - defined as the share of … remittances in country GDP - have a strong, statistical impact in reducing poverty. On average, a 10 percent increase in the share …

Remittances, Households, and Poverty; Chapter 6 Reducing Remittance Fees … Origin Countries' Perspective; Chapter 4 Trends, Determinants, and Macroeconomic Effects of Remittances; Chapter 5 … countries is the receipt of remittances or transfers from income earned by overseas emigrants. Official data show that …