Remittances and disaster: a review

L Le De, JC Gaillard, W Friesen - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2013 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades remittances sent to the least wealthy countries have been
considerably augmented. In most Small Island Developing States (SIDS), remittances are …

International migration, remittances and household investment: Evidence from Philippine migrants' exchange rate shocks

D Yang - The Economic Journal, 2008 - academic.oup.com
How do households respond to overseas members' economic shocks? Overseas Filipinos in
dozens of countries experienced sudden, heterogeneous changes in exchange rates during …

Migrant remittances

D Yang - Journal of Economic perspectives, 2011 - aeaweb.org
This article is about the economics of migrant remittances sent to developing countries. I
review the overall magnitude of remittances and what current research reveals about the …

FDI, foreign aid, remittance and economic growth in developing countries

UG Nwaogu, MJ Ryan - Review of Development Economics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Using a dynamic spatial framework, this paper investigates how foreign direct investment
(FDI), foreign aid and remittances impact the economic growth of 53 A frican and 34 L atin A …

To send, or not to send: That is the question-a review of the literature on workers' remittances

I Ruiz, C Vargas-Silva - Journal of Business Strategies …, 2009 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper reviews the empirical literature on workers' remittances. Based on the empirical
evidence, we are able to assess the facts and myths about the determinants and …

Worker remittances and capital flows to developing countries

CM Buch, A Kuckulenz - International Migration, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Worker remittances constitute an increasingly important channel for the transfer of resources
to developing countries. Behind foreign direct investment, remittances are the second …

What is small island sustainable development about?

SA Kerr - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2005 - Elsevier
Sustainable development is often stated as an objective of management strategies for small
islands. However, relatively little work has explicitly considered what sustainable …

Remittances in Asia: Implications for the fight against poverty and the pursuit of economic growth

C Vargas-Silva, S Jha, G Sugiyarto - Asian Development Bank …, 2009 - papers.ssrn.com
This study examines the potential of remittances for promoting economic growth and
reducing poverty in Asian countries using data for more than 20 countries in the region for …

Remittance inflows and financial development: evidence from the top recipient countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

F Donou-Adonsou, G Pradhan, HC Basnet - Applied Economics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper utilizes a panel cointegration approach to investigate the relationship between
remittances and financial development in the top remittance recipient countries in Sub …

Remittance and poverty in developing countries

TA Masron, Y Subramaniam - International Journal of Development …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose Remittances to developing countries, especially less developed countries, have
been growing tremendously as compared to the past few decades. Nevertheless, whether …