Through which channels can remittances spur economic growth in MENA countries?
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Keywords
Workers' remittances; economic growth; panel data; MENA zone;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
- G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ARA-2012-02-20 (MENA - Middle East and North Africa)
- NEP-FDG-2012-02-20 (Financial Development and Growth)
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