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 …

Over the past decades, workers' remittances have grown to become one of the largest
sources of financial flows to develo** countries, often dwarfing other widely-studied …

This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on household consumption instability in a
large panel of develo** countries. There are four main results. First, remittances …

Remittances are often said to be the most tangible and least controversial link between
migration and development (Russell 1992; Ratha 2007). Remittance flows to develo** …

This paper presents evidence for a causal effect of international migration on the functioning
of democratic institutions in the sending country. It does so for the particular case of the …

Nepal is one of the highest recipients of remittances (percentage of GDP) in the world. For a
small land-locked economy battered by a decade-long Maoist insurgency (1996–2006) …

Remittance flows appear to be falling worldwide for the first time in decades as a result of the
ongoing financial turmoil. It is suspected that the drop in remittance income into develo** …

The paper seeks to examine the impactful role of institutions in attracting remittances inflow
to ECOWAS region for the period 1996–2013. In a bid to achieve this key objective, a system …

Over the past decades, workers' remittances have grown to become one of the largest
sources of financial flows to develo** countries, often dwarfing other widely-studied …

This study investigates the influence of migrant remittances on two dimensions of the
financial sector, namely, size and efficiency in a sample of 94 non-OECD economies …