Financing the Family [electronic resource] : Remittances to Central America in a Time of Crisis /
Inter-American Development Bank.author.
Inchauste, Gabriela.
Stein, Ernesto.
Interest in learning how to make the most of the potential developmental benefits of remittance flows has grown worldwide. Financing the Family adds to that body of knowledge with a summary of recent research that emphasizes experimental approaches, focuses on Central America, and analyzes the impact of the recent financial crisis.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Boxes                    ""; ""List of Figures                      ""; ""List of Tables                     ""; ""Acknowledgments                      ""; ""About the Contributors                             ""; ""Preface              ""; ""1 Remittances to Central America: A Link Back Home                                                         ""; ""2 Migration, Remittances, and Economic Development: A Literature Review                                                                              ""
""3 Enhancing the Impact of Remittances on Development: New Evidence from Experiments among Migrants from El Salvador                                                                                                                          """"4 US Migrant Employment and Remittances to Central America: A Cointegration Approach                                                                                           ""; ""5 Remittances and Poverty during an Economic Crisis: Honduras and El Salvador                                                                                    ""
""6 Measuring the Impact of the US Financial Crisis on Salvadoran Migrants and Family Remittances                                                                                                      """"Notes            ""; ""References                 ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Interest in learning how to make the most of the potential developmental benefits of remittance flows has grown worldwide. Financing the Family adds to that body of knowledge with a summary of recent research that emphasizes experimental approaches, focuses on Central America, and analyzes the impact of the recent financial crisis.
Accounting.
Bookkeeping .
Development economics.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Finance.
Economic growth.
Accounting/Auditing.
Development Economics.
Regional/Spatial Science.
Finance, general.
Economic Growth.