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Remittances by emigrants : issues and evidence

By:

Solimano, Andrés

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: CEPAL SantiagoCL 2003Description: 40 pAction note:

2/12/04 JOYD

Summary: Discusses global and regional trends in remittances flows and their growing importance as a source of external transfer to developing countries. Examines measurement issues and discusses the main micro-motives for remittances and their implications for their stability across cycles. Analyzes their development impact. Presents an overview of the international market for remittances and provides evidence on costs of sending them to various country groups. Highlights policies to cut the costs of sending remittances and enhancing their development impact.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Monograph	CARICOM Documentation Centre	03.02 05 S686 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	0000000019446

Discusses global and regional trends in remittances flows and their growing importance as a source of external transfer to developing countries. Examines measurement issues and discusses the main micro-motives for remittances and their implications for their stability across cycles. Analyzes their development impact. Presents an overview of the international market for remittances and provides evidence on costs of sending them to various country groups. Highlights policies to cut the costs of sending remittances and enhancing their development impact.

2/12/04 JOYD

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