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1 online resource (27 pages) |
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IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/06/130 |
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IMF working paper ; WP/06/130.
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| Contents |
Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DETERMINANTS OF WORKERS� REMITTANCES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS -- III. EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION -- IV. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- A. Egypt -- B. Jordan -- C. Morocco -- D. Pakistan -- E. Tunisia |
| Summary |
Workers' remittances have been playing an increasingly important role in the balance of payments of many countries and can significantly contribute to the strength of their external positions. Assessing the likely stability of remittance flows could be a valuable input to the analysis of their external vulnerabilities. This paper argues that "altruism," as a motive to send money home, would contribute to the stability of these flows. Using a simple framework that relates workers' remittances to agricultural GDP, which is used as an indicator of economic "hardship" in the home country, evidence suggests that altruism could have played an important role in the flow of remittances to Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, and Tunisia in recent years |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 11-14) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Emigrant remittances -- Middle East
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Emigrant remittances -- Asia, Central
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Foreign workers -- Middle East
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Foreign workers -- Asia, Central
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Altruism.
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Altruism
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Foreign workers
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Altruism
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Emigrant remittances
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Central Asia
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Middle East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1282391615 |
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9781282391611 |
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9781451994322 |
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145199432X |
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1462365957 |
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9781462365951 |
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1452757208 |
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9781452757209 |
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9786613820044 |
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6613820040 |
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