Remittances and development
Subtitle: lessons from Latin America
By: edited by Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto López.
Contributors: Fajnzylber, Pablo.; Lopez, J. Humberto.; World Bank.
Series: Latin American development forum series; Latin American development forum
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780821368701; 9780821368718
Subjects: Emigrant remittances -- Latin America; Economic development -- Latin America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The development impact of remittances in Latin America / Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto López; title: How important are remittances in Latin America? / Pablo Acosta, Pablo Fajnzylber, and J. Humberto López; title: Migration and remittances in Latin America : patterns and determinants / Yoko Niimi and Çaḡlar Özden; title: Do remittances lower poverty levels in Latin America? / Pablo Acosta ... [et al.]; title: Remittances and household behavior : evidence for Latin America / Pablo Acosta, Pablo Fajnzylber, and J. Humberto López; title: Do remittances affect recipient countries' financial development? / Maria Soledad Martínez Pería, Yira Mascaró, and Florencia Moizeszowicz; title: Remittances, the real exchange rate, and the Dutch disease phenomenon / J. Humberto López, Luis Molina, and Maurizio Bussolo; title: Do conditional cash transfer programs crowd out private transfers? / Pedro Olinto and Mette E. Nielsen; title: Facilitating remittances flows and security in the system / Massimo Cirasino, Mario Guadanillas, and Emanuel Salinas; title: Remittances and growth : the role of complementary policies / Cesar Calderón, Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto López.