Remittances, Institutions, and Economic Growth

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-92

  Catrinescu, Natalia ^a   Leon Ledesma, Miguel ^b   Piracha, Matloob ^b   Quillin, Bryce ^c  

^a Ministry of Economy and Trade   (Moldova)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

growth; growth regressions; institutions; international migration; remittances

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 56949087326     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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