Remittances, Economic Growth and Poverty: A Case of African OIC Member Countries

Nasim Shirazi, Sajid Amin and Dawood Ashraf
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Sajid Amin: Sustainable Development Institute (SDPI), Islamabad.

The Pakistan Development Review, 2018, vol. 57, issue 2, 121-143

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of remittance inflows on economic growth and poverty reduction for seven African countries using annual data from 1992-2010. By using the depth of hunger as a proxy for poverty in a Simultaneous Equation Model (SEM), we find that remittances have statistically significant growth enhancing and poverty reducing impact. Drawing on our estimates, we conclude that financial development level significantly increases the remittances inflows and strengthens poverty alleviating impact of remittances. Results of our study further show a signficant interactive imapct of remittances and finacial develpment on economic growth, suggesting the substitutability between remittance inflows and financial development. We further find that 3 percentage point increase in credit provision to the private sector (financial development) can help eliminate the severe depth of hunger in the region. Remittances, serving an alternative source of private credit, can be effective in this regard.

Keywords: Remittance Inflow; Poverty Alleviation; Financial Development; Simultaneous Equation Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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