...Pius Gamette; Nicholas M. Odhiambo; Simplice Asongu Purpose This study aims to examine the moderating role of governance in the relationship between migrant remittances and electricity access. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts the system-generalised method of moments (System-GMM...

...Hem C. Basnet; Josiah Baker; Ficawoyi Donou-Adonsou Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine two issues about remittances in Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua). First, whether the inflow of remittances impacts income in the long run...

... collected during June–November, 2019 from 224 farm (cultivator) households in two contiguous districts in central Brahmaputra valley of Assam. The study used three-stage least square (3SLS) estimation technique for jointly determining the factors influencing migration and remittances and their impact on FBI...

...Nihar Ranjan Jena; Narayan Sethi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate whether inward remittance leads to export performance in selected South Asian economies over the time period of 1993–2017. Design/methodology/approach The stationarity of the variables is checked...

...Chong Siew Huay; Jonathan Winterton; Yasmin Bani; Bolaji Tunde Matemilola Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of remittances on human development in developing countries using panel data from 1980 to 2014 and to address the critical question of whether the increasing trend...

...Jamal G. Husein Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long-run impact of foreign aid and workers’ remittances on Jordanian economic growth using time series data for the period 1970–2014. Following the most recent literature, the author also assess whether economic policy...

...Peter Quartey; Charles Ackah; Monica Puoma Lambon-Quayefio Purpose The increase in volumes and circulation of internal and international remittances have become a substantial part of resource flow for economic development especially in developing countries with a significant impact on household...

...Chong Siew Huay; Yasmin Bani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between remittances and poverty through the human capital channel in developing countries, which has received less attention in the literature. Design/methodology/approach The paper applied the system...

...Hajer Kratou; Kaouthar Gazdar Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of remittances on economic growth in MENA region. More precisely this study tries first to explore the short-run and the long-run relationship between remittances and economic growth. Second, the authors...