following chapters describe the work of the WB on financial inclusion and international remittances in Albania, with an emphasis … on the activities implemented in Albania and derive lessons. The purpose of this report is to inform a wider audience … interested in remittances and financial inclusion about the general trends and specific activities the WB has been implementing …

This paper examines the microeconomic impact of migrant remittances on children’s school attendance and adult labor … supply in Albania. Using cross-sectional data provided by the 2005 Living Standard Measurement Survey and a combination of … remittances decrease the likelihood of attending school for children between 12-17 years old in recipient households and that …

This paper investigates the impact of remittances on health outcomes in Tajikistan and finds a positive effect. While … existing literature shows that remittances increase health care expenditure, expenditure alone is an incomplete proxy for … significant share of the population. Our study explores the impact of remittances on proxies of health outcomes beyond expenditure …

, profile, features and the role of potentials enterprises in Albania in supporting welfare and wellbeing in synergy with the … the Third sector in Albania and the direct survey outcomes about the features and the activity of the organizations …

extent to which out-of-pocket health spending impoverish the households in Albania. The study augments the existing evidence … out-of-pocket health spending. The data used in this study come from Albania Living Standard Measurement Survey (ALSMS …

behind through remittances. However, splitting up families in this way may also have multiple adverse effects on education …

reception of remittances facilitates taking up loans from formal or informal sources among Mexican households and finds positive … and statistically significant effects of remittances on borrowing and on the existence of debts. We address methodological … distance to train lines and labor market conditions in the US as exogenous determinants of remittances. …

elsewhere. Our study investigates the effect of remittances on the likelihood a household vaccinate its children against polio … isolate the effect of receiving remittances using distance and exact matching. We find that access to remittances increases ….5 percentage points. Unfortunately, remittances do not significantly improve vaccinations of girls. The results imply that …