Remittances, household expenditure and investment in guatemala

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1626-1641

  Adams, Richard H ^a   Cuecuecha, Alfredo ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Unidad Territorial Atlixcáyotl   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Consumption; Guatemala; Investment; Remittances

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; REMITTANCE;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 77957295535     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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