Altruism and Workers’ Remittances : Evidence from Selected Countries in the Middle East and Central Asia / Jacques Bouhga-Hagbe.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Bouhga-Hagbe, Jacques.

Series:

IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/130

IMF Working Papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigrant remittances--Middle East.

Emigrant remittances.

Emigrant remittances--Asia, Central.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (29 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Workers' remittances have been playing an increasingly important role in the balance of payments of many countries and can significantly contribute to the strength of their external positions. Assessing the likely stability of remittance flows could be a valuable input to the analysis of their external vulnerabilities. This paper argues that "altruism," as a motive to send money home, would contribute to the stability of these flows. Using a simple framework that relates workers' remittances to agricultural GDP, which is used as an indicator of economic "hardship" in the home country, evidence suggests that altruism could have played an important role in the flow of remittances to Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, and Tunisia in recent years.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. DETERMINANTS OF WORKERS� REMITTANCES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS""; ""III. EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION""; ""IV. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""A. Egypt""; ""B. Jordan""; ""C. Morocco""; ""D. Pakistan""; ""E. Tunisia""

Notes:

"May 2006".

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613820044

9781462365951

1462365957

9781452757209

1452757208

9781282391611

1282391615

9781451994322

145199432X

OCLC:

698585595