Impact of migration on economic and social development: A review of evidence and emerging issues

D Ratha, S Mohapatra, E Scheja - World Bank Policy Research …, 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper provides a review of the literature on the development impact of migration and
remittances on origin countries and on destination countries in the South. International …

African traditional foods and sustainable food security

OC Aworh - Food Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Dietary diversity is key to sustainable food security and part of Africa's rich biodiversity
heritage are hundreds of lesser-known indigenous crops and wild food plants that are …

Remittances and multidimensional energy poverty: Evidence from a household survey in Bangladesh

S Hosan, MM Rahman, SC Karmaker, AJ Chapman… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper explores the impact of remittances on multidimensional energy poverty in
Bangladesh by employing a nationally representative Household Income and Expenditure …

Do remittances promote financial development?

R Aggarwal, A Demirgüç-Kunt, MSM Pería - Journal of development …, 2011 - Elsevier
Workers' remittances to developing countries have become the second largest type of flows
after foreign direct investment. This paper uses data on remittance flows to 109 developing …

Remittances, financial development and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for post-COVID-19 macroeconomic policies

AO Acheampong, I Appiah-Otoo, J Dzator… - Journal of Policy …, 2021 - Elsevier
To design and implement effective post-COVID-19 macroeconomics policies to tackle
poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), policymakers need to understand the factors shaping …

Impact of remittances on economic growth and poverty reduction amongst CIS countries

M Abduvaliev, R Bustillo - Post-Communist Economies, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The main goal of this paper is to assess the effect of remittances on economic growth and
poverty reduction amongst the post-Soviet states, compared with other external sources of …

Inequality, economic growth and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

M Ncube, JC Anyanwu… - African Development …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we have presented the patterns of inequality, growth and income inequality in
the MENA region. Using a cross‐sectional time series data of MENA countries for the period …

The effect of remittances and FDI inflows on income distribution in developing economies

Y Song, SR Paramati, M Ummalla, A Zakari… - Economic Analysis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to examine empirically the effect of remittance inflows, FDI, and economic
growth on income inequality. We include financial development and trade openness as …

Marital status, household size and poverty in Nigeria: evidence from the 2009/2010 survey data

JC Anyanwu - African Development Review, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the effect of marital status and household size, among other correlates,
on poverty in Nigeria, using the Harmonized Nigeria Living Standard Survey (HNLSS) data …

Do remittances improve income inequality? An instrumental variable quantile analysis of the Kenyan case

JT Bang, A Mitra, PV Wunnava - Economic Modelling, 2016 - Elsevier
The impact of remittances on income inequality constitutes a keenly debated topic in the
development literature. Yet, a consensus still has not evolved on the issue. This paper …