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 … large as Nedroma. At the same time, they help reduce poverty by nearly 13 percentage points. Remittances have a strong …

. One important pathway is through remittances, which contribute to income directly but also help to reduce risk and …

to foreign capital inflow through remittances; remittances represented around 13% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009 … and its remittances sending migrants, e.g. the UNDP's 2010 Kosovo Remittance Study, this discussion paper puts a specific … well as the remittances receiving household in Kosovo. In our analysis of migrant households, we present results on socio …

We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we … investigate whether remittances are subject to moral hazard by receivers, how the informal insurance provided by remittances … remittances offer complete insurance toward decreased consumption during health shocks and that moral hazard is weak. The role of …