COVID-19 and the Role of Remittances on Sustainable Development: Insights from Sub-Saharan Africa
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Keywords
Remittances; COVID-19; sustainable development; instrumental variables; Sub-Saharan Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C26 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
- F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
- G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
- Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENV-2023-05-15 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-FDG-2023-05-15 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-INT-2023-05-15 (International Trade)
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