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Remittances and the real exchange rate

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Lopez, Humberto
Molina, Luis
Bussolo, Maurizio

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Existing empirical evidence indicates that remittances have a positive impact on a good number of development indicators of recipient countries. Yet when flows are too large relative to the size of the recipient economies, as those observed in a number of Latin American countries, they may also bring a number of undesired problems. Among those probably the most feared in this context is the Dutch Disease. This paper explores the empirical evidence regarding the impact of remittances on the real exchange rate. The findings suggest that remittances indeed appear to lead to a significant real exchange rate appreciation. The paper also explores policy options that may somewhat offset the observed effect.

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Paper provided by The World Bank in its series Policy Research Working Paper Series with number 4213.

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Keywords: Economic Stabilization; Macroeconomic Management; Economic Theory&Research; Remittances; Achieving Shared Growth;

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  1. Pablo A. Acosta & Emmanuel K.K. Lartey & Federico S. Mandelman, 2007. "Remittances and the Dutch disease," Working Paper 2007-08, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Emmanuel K.K. Lartey & Federico S. Mandelman & Pablo A. Acosta, 2008. "Remittances, exchange rate regimes, and the Dutch disease: a panel data analysis," Working Paper 2008-12, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Federico S. Mandelman & Andrei Zlate, 2008. "Immigration and the macroeconomy," Working Paper 2008-25, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. [Downloadable!]
  5. Égert, Balázs, 2009. "Dutch disease in former Soviet Union: Witch-hunting?," BOFIT Discussion Papers 4/2009, Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition. [Downloadable!]
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