THE impact of remittance inflows on poverty in Botswana: an ARDL approach
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Keywords
Remittance; Poverty; Household consumption expenditure; Infant mortality rate; Botswana; ECM-based causality testing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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