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Remittances and the Real Exchange Rate / Bussolo, Maurizio
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Bussolo, Maurizio
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital Inflow.
- Consumption.
- Currencies and Exchange Rates.
- Debt Markets.
- Demand.
- Domestic Economy.
- Dutch Disease.
- Economic Stabilization.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Economies.
- Economy.
- Emerging Markets.
- External Financing.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Growth Rates.
- International Markets.
- Loss of Competitiveness.
- Macroeconomic Management.
- Macroeconomic Stability.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Natural Resources.
- Open Economy.
- Private Sector Development.
- Real Exchange Rate.
- Real Exchange Rate Appreciation.
- Remittance.
- Remittances.
- Risk.
- Welfare.
- Local Subjects:
- Capital Inflow.
- Consumption.
- Currencies and Exchange Rates.
- Debt Markets.
- Demand.
- Domestic Economy.
- Dutch Disease.
- Economic Stabilization.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Economies.
- Economy.
- Emerging Markets.
- External Financing.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Growth Rates.
- International Markets.
- Loss of Competitiveness.
- Macroeconomic Management.
- Macroeconomic Stability.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Natural Resources.
- Open Economy.
- Private Sector Development.
- Real Exchange Rate.
- Real Exchange Rate Appreciation.
- Remittance.
- Remittances.
- Risk.
- Welfare.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (33 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Existing empirical evidence indicates that remittances have a positive impact on a good number of development indicators of recipient countries. Yet when flows are too large relative to the size of the recipient economies, as those observed in a number of Latin American countries, they may also bring a number of undesired problems. Among those probably the most feared in this context is the Dutch Disease. This paper explores the empirical evidence regarding the impact of remittances on the real exchange rate. The findings suggest that remittances indeed appear to lead to a significant real exchange rate appreciation. The paper also explores policy options that may somewhat offset the observed effect.
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