This literature review covers 50 recent empirical studies of the economic impact of
international remittances on the developing world that are based on household survey data …

International remittances flowing into developing countries are attracting increasing attention
because of their rising volume and their impact on recipient countries. This paper uses a …

This paper investigates the determinants and the macroeconomic role of remittances in sub-
Saharan Africa. It assembles the most comprehensive data set available so far on …

Worker remittances constitute an increasingly important channel for the transfer of resources
to developing countries. Behind foreign direct investment, remittances are the second …

Workers' remittances are often argued to have a tendency to move countercyclically with the
GDP in recipient countries since migrant workers are expected to remit more during down …

The paper examines the empirical relationship between remittances and economic growth
for a sample of 62 developing countries over the time period 1990–2014. Remittances seem …

Outward migration has been an important phenomenon for countries in Latin American and
the Caribbean (LAC), particularly those in Central America and the Caribbean. This paper …

The sending of remittances is a decentralised decision of migrant workers. Nevertheless, it
has macroeconomic implications in providing insurance against domestic output shocks in …

O Brasil é um país com uma longa tradição imigratória, porém a emigração internacional é
um fenômeno recente. A inversão migratória começou na década de 1980, quando a saída …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether remittance inflow stimulate
electricity consumption in India with other macroeconomic variables such as FDI, trade …