Remittances and Institutions : Are Remittances a Curse? /

This paper addresses the complex and overlooked relationship between the receipt of workers' remittances and institutional quality in the recipient country. Using a simple model, we show how an increase in remittance inflows can lead to deterioration of institutional quality - specifically, to...

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Autor principal: Dagher, Jihad
Altres autors: Abdih, Yasser, Chami, Ralph, Montiel, Peter
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/029
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF