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green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is novel from both the conceptual and empirical perspectives. With regard to …
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green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is novel from both the conceptual and empirical perspectives. With regard to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013262630
There has been a global push to decrease the cost of remittances since at least 2009, which has culminated with its … interest on the drivers of remittance costs. This paper delved deeply into the remittances ecosystem and found a very complex …
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remittance income is spent. My findings suggest that in communities without banks remittances are more likely to be used for … increases the likelihood that remittances are used for productive investment and decreases the likelihood that remittances are … remittances for productive investment, purchasing assets, and general consumption. …
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This paper studies the impact of remittances on investment. Workers’ remittances to developing countries have grown to … countries and how they interact with remittances is stressed. Data on remittance flow to 79 developing countries during 1995 …-2005 is used. Dynamic panel data approach is applied for this purpose. The results reveal that remittances, high quality …
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This study analyzes the interactive effects of migrant remittances and financial development on savings-investment gap … for a panel of 18 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1990-2017. Results from a panel ARDL model show that migrant … remittances reduce savings-investment gap in the long run. The gap is further reduced when the individual effect of financial …
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remittance income is spent. My findings suggest that in communities without banks remittances are more likely to be used for … increases the likelihood that remittances are used for productive investment and decreases the likelihood that remittances are … remittances for productive investment, purchasing assets, and general consumption. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010389626
An attempt has been made in this paper to examine the impact of international remittances on poverty and income … inequality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In carrying out the study, 34 SSA countries for which relevant data are available …, between 1980 and 2009, were sampled for the poverty analysis whilst a sample size of 36 was used in the remittances …
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In the 19th and 20th centuries, Turkey considered only North Africa a substantial part of the Ottoman Empire and … neglected sub-Saharan Africa unless vital interests were at stake. However, the apathy of successive Turkish governments changed … with the 1998 "Africa Action Plan". Since then, the Turkish state has intensified its diplomatic, political, economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015269262
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Turkey considered only North Africa a substantial part of the Ottoman Empire and … neglected sub-Saharan Africa unless vital interests were at stake. However, the apathy of successive Turkish governments changed … with the 1998 "Africa Action Plan". Since then, the Turkish state has intensified its diplomatic, political, economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015269998