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of remittances by households in rural Bangladesh. The empirical model incorporated the determinants of remittances in …The aim of the paper is to highlight the variables that determine the propensity to receive remittances and the amount … suggested by existing theories of remittances. This paper explores the motives that account for the receipt of remittances …
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The labor intensive economy of Bangladesh is nurtured to a greater extent by the remittance flow to the country. Every … year legally or illegally both permanent and short term voluntary migration occur from Bangladesh. Mainly the first … formal or informal channel. At present cultural ties between migrants and Bangladesh are strong however in near future this …
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Bangladesh witnessed a surge in remittances inflow since 2002, especially as measures had been taken to encourage … remittances inflow. Though the remittances inflow into Bangladesh is increasing and is proportionate to the growth in world … inflows in Bangladesh as well as investigate the challenges in the acceleration of remittances inflows. The paper also …
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based on a recently concluded survey from southern Bangladesh hit by the category-5 Cyclone-Sidr in 2007. Households decide … on the margin how to finance private adaptive expenditures and foreign remittances come into play a pivotal role in … of remittances by exploiting a natural shock wherein some households suffered damages from another second Cyclone …
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this paper is to identify the dynamics of real exchange rate movements following inflow of remittances in Bangladesh over …Bangladesh had historically relished the fortune of being a labor surplus nation and therefore had accumulated … remittances in large volumes over the last four decades. Thus, the concept of remittance-effectiveness in shaping the economy of …
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-dominated migration from Bangladesh brings extended freedom and economic participation of the women from the left-behind families. This … extracted dataset from the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) 2015 (IFPRI 2016), 312 households have selected in two …
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Macro- and micro-economic evidence suggests a positive role of remittances in preparing households against natural … disasters and in coping with the loss afterwards. Analysis of cross-country macroeconomic data shows that remittances increase … survey data in Bangladesh shows that per capita consumption was higher in remittance-receiving households than in others …
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remittance determinants and their socioeconomic impacts of remittance receiving households in rural Bangladesh. Using micro …
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The paper assesses the costs and household level benefits of migrating overseas from Bangladesh. The authors survey …, remittances sent and the constraints faced by the poorest. Using the Propensity Score Matching method, the paper finds that …
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