The effects of remittances on poverty and inequality: Evidence from rural southern Morocco
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- Bouoiyour, Jamal & Miftah, Amal, 2014. "The effects of remittances on poverty and inequality: Evidence from rural southern Morocco," MPRA Paper 55686, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Jamal BOUOIYOUR & Amal MIFTAH, 2014. "The effects of remittances on poverty and inequality: Evidence from rural southern Morocco," Working Papers 2013-2014_14, CATT - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, revised May 2014.
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Poverty; Income distribution; Remittances; Morocco;JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ARA-2018-10-29 (MENA - Middle East & North Africa)
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