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Author Singh, Raju, author.

Title Determinants and macroeconomic impact of remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa / prepared by Raju Jan Singh, Markus Haacker, and Kyung-woo Lee
Published [Washington D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (26 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series IMF working paper ; WP/09/216
IMF working paper ; WP/09/216.
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa; 1. Remittances by Major Regi; 2. Main Recipients of Remittances; III. Macroeconomic Aspects of Remittances: A Review of the Literature; A. Determinants of Remittances; B. Remittances and Economic Growth; IV. Empirical Analysis; A. Data; 1. Summary Statistics for Variables Used as Determinants of Remittances; 2. Summary Statistics for Variables Used in Growth and Investment Equations; 3. Correlations between Variables Used as Determinants of Remittances
4. Correlations between Variables Used in Growth and Investment EquationsB. Empirical Approach; C. Results; 5. Determinants of Remittances; 6. Impact of Remittances on Growth; V. Conclusions; A. List of Variables & Countries Used for the Empirical Analysis; B. Construction of the Stock of Expatriates Data; References; Footnotes
Summary The paper investigates the determinants and the macroeconomic role of remittances in sub-Saharan Africa, assembling the most comprehensive dataset available so far on remittances in the region and incorporating data on the diaspora. It finds that remittances are larger for countries with a larger diaspora or when the diaspora is located in wealthier countries, and that they behave countercyclically, consistent with a role as a shock absorber. Although the effect of remittances in growth regressions is negative, countries with well functioning domestic institutions seem nevertheless to be better at unlocking the potential for remittances to contribute to faster economic growth
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-26)
Notes English
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Subject Economic development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Emigrant remittances -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Econometric models
Macroeconomics.
Economic development
Emigrant remittances -- Econometric models
Macroeconomics
Sub-Saharan Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Haacker, Markus, author.
Lee, Kyung-woo, author.
ISBN 9781452724836
1452724830
1451917848
9781451917840