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Remittances to Central America: A Link Back Home

Gabriela Inchauste and Ernesto Stein
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Ernesto Stein: Inter-American Development Bank

Chapter 1 in Financing the Family, 2013, pp 1-17 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Workers’ remittances—funds sent by emigrant workers to persons, usually family members, in their home country—are a major source of income for many Latin American and Caribbean economies. More importantly, remittances are a lifeline for many poor households and justification for splitting up families, sometimes permanently.

Keywords: Dominican Republic; Trade Deficit; Recent Financial Crisis; Central American Country; Recent Crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137333070_1

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