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Remittances and Development
Pablo FajnzylberJ. Humberto Lopez
其他書名
Lessons from Latin America
出版World Bank Publications, 2008-02-08
主題Business & Economics / Development / Economic DevelopmentBusiness & Economics / Development / Sustainable DevelopmentBusiness & Economics / Industries / Agribusiness
ISBN08213687109780821368718
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=sCxYC-Y0ErIC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Workers' remittances have become a major source of financing for developing countries and are especially important in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is at the top of the ranking of remittance receiving regions in the world. While there has been a recent surge in analytical work on the topic, this book is motivated by the large heterogeneity in migration and remittance patterns across countries and regions, and by the fact that existing evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean is restricted to only a few countries, such as Mexico and El Salvador. Because the nature of the phenomenon varies across countries, its development impact and policy implications are also likely to differ in ways that are still largely unknown. This book helps fill the gap by exploring, in the specific context of Latin America and Caribbean countries, some of the main questions faced by policymakers when trying to respond to increasing remittances flows. The book relies on cross-country panel data and household surveys for 11 Latin American countries to explore the development impact of remittance flows along several dimensions: growth, poverty, inequality, schooling, health, labor supply, financial development, and real exchange rates.