Impact of Remittances on Poverty in Developing Countries

Rashmi Banga () and Pritish Sahu ()

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Abstract: This study undertakes impact analysis of remittances on poverty in developing countries at two levels. Firstly, it estimates the impact of remittances on poverty in 77 developing countries; Secondly, separate analyses are undertaken for 29 developing countries and 21 Asian developing counties, which have 5 per cent or more share of remittances in GDP.

Keywords: remittances; development; Poverty Headcount ratios; PPP; international migration; political; economic; cultural; GDP; Asian countries; developing; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-09
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