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Searching with a thematic focus on Globalisation, Migration, Remittances, Remittances impact of remittances

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  Till to tiller: linkages between international remittances and access to land in West Africa

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This paper, prepared for FAO’s Land Tenure Service and Sub-programme, explores the role remittances have on people’s access to land and natural resources.
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  The macroeconomics of remittances: the case of Tajikistan

  International Monetary Fund, 2006

  Labour migration and associated remittances have been a largely unexpected result of the transition of Tajikistan to a market economy. Against a background of economic instability and civil distress, migration from Tajikistan and the consequent remittances have been unprecedented in their magnitude and economic impact, with flows of remittances reaching around 50% of GDP.
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  Sri Lanka's migrant labor remittances: enhancing the quality and outreach of the rural remittance infrastructure

  World Bank Publications, 2005

  With the increasing trend and growth of migrant remittances, the Sri Lankan Central Bank is now debating the following key issues: the developmental impact of remittances; the high transaction costs associated with remittances; and the level of transparency and accountability in the remittance industry, especially the informal remittance sector.
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  Global economic prospects 2006: economic implications of migration and remittances

  Prospects for the Global Economy [World Bank], 2006

  This report explores the gains and losses from international migration from the perspective of developing countries, with special attention to the money that migrants send home.
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  Crossing borders: remittances, gender and development

  United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2005

  This paper presents key elements for the development of a conceptual framework that will allow a better understanding of the interrelationships between migration, gender, remittances and development.
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  Informal remittance systems in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries

  The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, 2005

  This study presents a synthesis of knowledge about informal remittances to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, and their influence on development in those countries.
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  Remittances as development finance

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005

  This brief paper discusses the literature on remittances in three areas: the developmental impact of remittances; policies to enhance the developmental impact of remittances; and remittances and migration policy.It highlights that the literature might over-emphasise the extent to which remittances are used for investment, but that remittances may initially concentrate on consumption and then be
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  Dynamics of remittance utilization in Bangladesh

  International Organization for Migration, 2005

  This report looks at the importance of remittances for the economic development of the origin countries of migrant communities. The report takes Bangladesh as a case study.The report answers the following three questions: what is the impact of remittances on households and the broader community in Bangladesh?
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  Those in Kayes: the impact of remittances on their recipients in Africa

  European Development Research Network, 2004

  Using data collected in the Kayes area in Western Mali this paper investigates whether migration and remittances are an impediment to technical efficiency in agriculture because migration as an insurance mechanism can give rise to moral hazard.Findings of the study include:although migration has certainly helped the adoption of improved agricultural technology, migrant households do not
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  Remittances: the new development mantra?

  Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, 2003

  This paper examines remittance flows to developing countries.

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