UID:
edoccha_9958125463402883
Format:
xxiv, 383 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-23935-6
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9786611239350
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0-8213-6871-0
Series Statement:
Latin American development forum series
Content:
Workers' remittances have become a major source of financing for developing countries and are especially important in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which is at the top of the ranking of remittances 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 remittances patterns across countries and regions, and by the fact that existing evidence for LAC is restricted to only a few countries, such as Mexico and El Salvador. Because the nature of the phenomenon varies across counties
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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The development impact of remittances in Latin America / Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto López -- How important are remittances in Latin America? / Pablo Acosta, Pablo Fajnzylber, and J. Humberto López -- Migration and remittances in Latin America : patterns and determinants / Yoko Niimi and Çaḡlar Özden -- Do remittances lower poverty levels in Latin America? / Pablo Acosta ... [et al.] -- Remittances and household behavior : evidence for Latin America / Pablo Acosta, Pablo Fajnzylber, and J. Humberto López -- Do remittances affect recipient countries' financial development? / Maria Soledad Martínez Pería, Yira Mascaró, and Florencia Moizeszowicz -- Remittances, the real exchange rate, and the Dutch disease phenomenon / J. Humberto López, Luis Molina, and Maurizio Bussolo -- Do conditional cash transfer programs crowd out private transfers? / Pedro Olinto and Mette E. Nielsen -- Facilitating remittances flows and security in the system / Massimo Cirasino, Mario Guadanillas, and Emanuel Salinas -- Remittances and growth : the role of complementary policies / Cesar Calderón, Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto López.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6870-2
Language:
English
