Remittances and Poverty in Ghana

Remittances and Poverty in Ghana

The author uses a large, nationally representative household survey to analyze the impact of internal remittances (from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty in Ghana. With only one exception, he finds that both types of remittances reduce the level, dept...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, Richard H. Jr.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES
CAPITA EXPENDITURE
CAPITA INCOME
CASE STUDY
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP
DISTURBANCE TERM
ECONOMETRIC MODEL
ECONOMETRIC TECHNIQUES
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC THEORY
EFFECT OF REMITTANCES
EXPENDITURE DATA
EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTION
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
HEADCOUNT INDEX
HEADCOUNT MEASURE
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTIC
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
IMPACT OF REMITTANCES
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOMES
INTERNAL MIGRANTS
INTERNAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES
LABOR FORCE
LIVING STANDARDS
LIVING STANDARDS SURVEY
MIGRANT
MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS
MIGRANTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POVERTY
NON-FOOD GOODS
NON-FOOD ITEMS
NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
PARAMETER ESTIMATES
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PERSON
POVERTY
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY STATUS
REGRESSORS
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCE FLOWS
REMITTANCE RECEIVING
REMITTANCE RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS
REMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS
REMITTANCES
REMITTERS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
SQUARED POVERTY GAP
TYPES OF REMITTANCES
URBAN AREAS
VALUE OF REMITTANCES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567848/remittances-poverty-ghana
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8781

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567848/remittances-poverty-ghana
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8781

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