... remittances, investment, knowledge transfer and cultural exchange. Findings It recognises the potential of diaspora engagement in development projects, but there are still gaps in understanding the dynamics of transnational networks and their influence on development outcomes. This study aims to uncover...

...Ronald Djeunankan; Honoré Tekam Purpose This study aims to contribute to the growing literature on the effects of remittances and the determinants of health outcomes by analysing for the first time the effect of remittances on health outcomes in developing countries using a panel vector...

... of better income opportunities. Incomes in the form of remittances from these forward migrants have numerous impacts on living standard of left behind families. This study aims to focus on the influence of forward migrant’s remittances on livelihood in terms of human, financial and social capital...

...Tajul Ariffin Masron; Yogeeswari Subramaniam Purpose Remittances to developing countries, especially less developed countries, have been growing tremendously as compared to the past few decades. Nevertheless, whether they can be a critical source of poverty alleviation in developing countries...

... on private investment in the transition economy of Kyrgyzstan. Design/methodology/approach The empirical model is an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) and the vector autoregression approach (VAR). Monthly data from 2005 to 2013 of the private investment, government expenditures, remittances from...

...Kazeem Bello Ajide; Ibrahim D. Raheem; Oluwatosin Adeniyi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the role of institutions on the remittances–output growth volatility relationship. Design/methodology/approach – The data set of this paper is limited to 71 remittances...

...Nguyen Viet Cuong; Daniel Mont Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of international remittances on different household welfare indicators including child education, assets, durable goods, and reservation wages of other working age household members. It examines how...