Remittances and Development - Lessons from Latin America (Paperback)

Workers' remittances have become a major source of financing for developing countries and are especially important in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is at the top of the ranking of remittance receiving regions in the world. While there has been a recent surge in analytical work on the topic, this book is motivated by the large heterogeneity in migration and remittance patterns across countries and regions, and by the fact that existing evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean is restricted to only a few countries, such as Mexico and El Salvador. Because the nature of the phenomenon varies across countries, its development impact and policy implications are also likely to differ in ways that are still largely unknown. This book helps fill the gap by exploring, in the specific context of Latin America and Caribbean countries, some of the main questions faced by policymakers when trying to respond to increasing remittances flows. The book relies on cross-country panel data and household surveys for 11 Latin American countries to explore the development impact of remittance flows along several dimensions: growth, poverty, inequality, schooling, health, labor supply, financial development, and real exchange rates.

General

Imprint:	World Bank Publications
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	February 2008
Editors:	Pablo Fajnzylber • J. Humberto Lopez
Dimensions:	229 x 157 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	408
ISBN-13:	978-0-8213-6870-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > General Books > Money & Finance > General
LSN:	0-8213-6870-2
Barcode:	9780821368701

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