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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okr-10986-87812021-04-23T14:02:40Z Remittances and Poverty in Ghana Adams, Richard H. Jr. 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 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, depth, and severity of poverty in Ghana. But the size of the poverty reduction depends on how poverty is being measured. The author finds that poverty is reduced more when international, as opposed to internal, remittances are included in household income, and when poverty is measured by the more sensitive poverty measures-poverty gap and squared poverty gap. For example, the squared poverty gap measure shows that including international remittances in household expenditure (income) reduces the severity of poverty by 34.8 percent, while including internal remittances in such income reduces the severity of poverty by only 4.1 percent. International remittances reduce the severity of poverty more than internal remittances because of the differential impact of these two types of remittances on poor households. Households in the poorest decile group receive 22.7 percent of their total household expenditure (income) from international remittances, as opposed to only 13.8 percent of such income from internal remittances. When these "poorest of the poor" households receive international remittances, their income status changes dramatically and this in turn has a large effect on any poverty measure-like the squared poverty gap-that considers both the number and distance of poor households beneath the poverty line. 2012-06-22T15:26:15Z 2012-06-22T15:26:15Z 2006-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567848/remittances-poverty-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8781 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3838 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Ghana |
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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 |
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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 Adams, Richard H. Jr. Remittances and Poverty in Ghana |
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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, depth, and severity of poverty in Ghana. But the size of the poverty reduction depends on how poverty is being measured. The author finds that poverty is reduced more when international, as opposed to internal, remittances are included in household income, and when poverty is measured by the more sensitive poverty measures-poverty gap and squared poverty gap. For example, the squared poverty gap measure shows that including international remittances in household expenditure (income) reduces the severity of poverty by 34.8 percent, while including internal remittances in such income reduces the severity of poverty by only 4.1 percent. International remittances reduce the severity of poverty more than internal remittances because of the differential impact of these two types of remittances on poor households. Households in the poorest decile group receive 22.7 percent of their total household expenditure (income) from international remittances, as opposed to only 13.8 percent of such income from internal remittances. When these "poorest of the poor" households receive international remittances, their income status changes dramatically and this in turn has a large effect on any poverty measure-like the squared poverty gap-that considers both the number and distance of poor households beneath the poverty line. |
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Adams, Richard H. Jr. |
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Adams, Richard H. Jr. |
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Adams, Richard H. Jr. |
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Remittances and Poverty in Ghana |
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Remittances and Poverty in Ghana |
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Remittances and Poverty in Ghana |
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Remittances and Poverty in Ghana |
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Remittances and Poverty in Ghana |
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remittances and poverty in ghana |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567848/remittances-poverty-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8781 |
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