-based systems, and their impact on the choice of migrants to send remittances. Secondly we discuss whether alternative remittances … sending channels increase access to financial services for remittance-sending and remittance-receiving households. Africa, and … countries. We find that in comparison to traditional remittances sending channels, mobile money transfer channels are often …

The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation us ing a panel of 49 African … industrialisation. The non-interactive specification elucidates direct effects of remittances on industrialisation whereas interactive … specifications explain indirect impacts. The findings broadly show that for certain initial levels of industrialisation, remittances …

scholars and policy makers also builds on the fact that the potential for ICT and remittances in Africa can be leveraged to …This study examines the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on remittances for industrialisation in … are positive marginal effects from the interaction between remittances and ICT in the FE regressions whereas there are …

countries in sub-Saharan Africa. It complements the literature by examining the relevance of enhancing three types of external … flows, namely: development assistance, foreign investment and remittances. Ordinary Least Squares, Tobit, Fixed effects … threshold and (iii) 25 (% of GDP) is the critical mass of remittances. At the established critical masses or thresholds …

-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions and Generalised Method of Moments. The … findings from both estimation techniques reveal that remittances and FDI increase inclusive development whereas foreign aid has …, remittances are negatively associated with: (i) Middle income countries compared to Low income countries where the effect is not …

Purpose - This study examines how linkages between information and communication technology (ICT) and remittances … remittances can be changed from positive to negative, notably: (i) for the number of start-up procedures, an internet level of 9 … our knowledge, this is the first study to assess linkages between ICT, remittances and doing business in Sub …

In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving … country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later … attachment to the household would be more inclined to remit money home. Therefore, remittances can be seen as a proxy for the …

Rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa are typically underserved by financial services. We measure the economic impact of …

Recorded remittances to Africa have grown dramatically over the past decade. Yet data limitations still mean relatively …