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Remittances: Transaction Costs, Determinants, and Informal Flows

Recorded workers' remittances to developing countries have grown rapidly, to more than $100 billion in 2004, bringing increasing attention to these flows as a potential tool for development. But even these statistics are likely to significantly understate true remittances, as a large share is b...

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Main Authors: Freund, Caroline, Spatafora, Nikola
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICS
BASE YEAR
CASH TRANSFERS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANKS
COST OF LIVING
CURRENCY
DATA COLLECTION
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DUAL EXCHANGE RATES
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC RESTRICTIONS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE RISK
EXCHANGE RATES
EXCHANGE SYSTEMS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
GDP
HIGH INCOME
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INCREASED ACCESS
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL FLOWS
INFORMAL SECTOR
INFORMAL SECTORS
LATIN AMERICAN
LOW INCOME
LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
MARKET EXCHANGE
MONEY DEMAND
MONEY TRANSFERS
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
OUTPUT
OUTPUT PER CAPITA
PER-CAPITA INCOME
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
PRODUCTIVITY
REDUCING COSTS
REMITTANCES
REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE
REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY
RETURNS TO SCALE
RISK NEUTRAL
SAVINGS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TAX RATES
TAXATION
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
VOLATILITY
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6259415/remittances-transaction-costs-determinants-informal-flows
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8293

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6259415/remittances-transaction-costs-determinants-informal-flows
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8293

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