Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa /

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 di...

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Hlavní autor: Singh, Raju
Další autoři: Haacker, Markus, Lee, Kyung-woo
Médium: Časopis
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Edice:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/216
On-line přístup:Full text available on IMF