The political economy of remittances:the case of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa; remittances; micro and macroeoconomic impacts;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2023-05-22 (Development)
- NEP-FDG-2023-05-22 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-MIG-2023-05-22 (Economics of Human Migration)
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