Holdings: The Demographic, Economic and Financial Determinants of International Remittances in Developing Countries

The Demographic, Economic and Financial Determinants of International Remittances in Developing Countries

What causes developing countries to receive different levels of international remittances? This paper addresses this question by using new data on such variables as the skill composition of migrants, poverty, and interest and exchange rates to exam...

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Main Author:	Adams, Richard H., Jr.
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICS BANK POLICY BIASES BRAIN DRAIN CAPITA REMITTANCES CIVIL UNREST CIVIL WAR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DETERMINANTS OF REMITTANCES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICY EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMIGRANT REMITTANCES EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE HOLDING HOME COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRANTS INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMAL CHANNELS INFORMAL FLOWS INFORMAL REMITTANCES INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IRREGULAR MIGRANTS LATIN AMERICAN LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF POVERTY LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DATA MONETARY FUND MONEY HOME NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR PERSON POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DATA POPULATION DENSITY POVERTY DATA POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES PRIVATE TRANSFERS PROGRESS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL INTEREST REAL INTEREST RATE REAL INTEREST RATES RECEIPT REGIONAL DUMMY REMITTANCE REMITTANCE DATA REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE MONIES REMITTANCES REMITTERS RESOURCE FLOWS RESPECT RETURN RETURNS RURAL RURAL AREAS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION SKILL LEVEL SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRATION SOUTH ASIAN STOCKS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TEMPORARY MIGRANTS TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS UNION URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION USES OF REMITTANCES WORKERS REMITTANCES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9314751/demographic-economic-financial-determinants-international-remittances-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6539

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9314751/demographic-economic-financial-determinants-international-remittances-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6539

The Demographic, Economic and Financial Determinants of International Remittances in Developing Countries

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