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Remittance Flows to Developing Countries: Trends, Importance and Impact

In: Enacting Globalization

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  • Catia Batista
  • Gaia Narciso
  • Carol Newman

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Estimates of remittance flows to developing countries reached $406 billion in 2012 and are forecast to grow at a rate of 8% over the next two years. The aim of this chapter is to analyse the impact of remittances on recipient households and countries. We start by surveying the economics literature on the effect of remittances on poverty and consumption of remittance recipients. Next, we explore the recent evidence on whether and how remittances are invested in human capital and entrepreneurial activities. Finally, we discuss the likely impact of more stringent immigration rules and rising unemployment rates in developed countries on future remittance flows.

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  • Catia Batista & Gaia Narciso & Carol Newman, 2014. "Remittance Flows to Developing Countries: Trends, Importance and Impact," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Louis Brennan (ed.), Enacting Globalization, chapter 21, pages 230-239, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-36194-3_21
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137361943_21
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    1. Nnamdi Ifeanyi Maduekwe & Francis A. Adesina, 2022. "Can remittances contribute to financing climate actions in developing countries? Evidence from analyses of households’ climate hazard exposure and adaptation actors in SE Nigeria," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 27(1), pages 1-22, January.

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