Remittances, Growth and Poverty Reduction in Asia - A Critical Review of the Literature and the New Evidence from Cross-country Panel Data
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Keywords
Remittances; Migration; Growth; Poverty; Inequality; Asia;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2016-08-28 (Development)
- NEP-SEA-2016-08-28 (South East Asia)
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