The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa : What's the Damage? /

Using data on the distribution of migrants from Africa, GDP growth forecasts for host countries, and after estimating remittance multipliers in recipient countries, this paper estimates the impact of the global economic crisis on African GDP via the remittance channel during 2009-2010. It forecasts...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chami, Ralph
Other Authors: Barajas, Adolfo, Fullenkamp, Connel, Garg, Anjali
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/024
Online Access:Full text available on IMF