Fiscal Sustainability in Remittance-Dependent Economies /

We investigate the impact of remittances on public debt sustainability and detail how the traditional debt-to-GDP ratio can be modified to create a more accurate representation of debt sustainability for a country that receives significant remittance inflows. The main result is that inclusion of rem...

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Hovedforfatter: Chami, Ralph
Andre forfattere: Abdih, Yasser, Gapen, Michael, Mati, Amine
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/190
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF