The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Inequality in Ghana

The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Inequality in Ghana

This paper uses a new, 2005/06 nationally-representative household survey to analyze the impact of internal remittances (from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty and inequality in Ghana. To control for...

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Main Authors: Adams, Richard H., Jr., Cuecuecha, Alfredo, Page, John
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
ACCOUNTING
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES
AVERAGE VALUE OF REMITTANCES
BANK POLICY
CAPITA REMITTANCES
COUNTERFACTUAL
CURRENCY
CURRENCY CRISIS
DATA ON REMITTANCES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DISTRIBUTION OF REMITTANCES
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC STATUS
EFFECT OF REMITTANCES
EFFECTS OF REMITTANCES
ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY
EQUIPMENT
ETHNIC GROUPS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FAMILY TIES
FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
FEWER CHILDREN
FOOD GOODS
FOOD POLICY
FOOD REQUIREMENTS
GENDER
GROUP ACCOUNTS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
IMPACT OF REMITTANCES
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME FLOWS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME TRANSFERS
INFLATION
INSTRUMENT
INTERNAL MIGRANTS
INTERNAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOUR FORCE
LEVEL OF POVERTY
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
MICRO-ENTERPRISES
MIGRANT
MIGRANT NETWORKS
MIGRANT WORKERS
MIGRATION
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POOR PERSON
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX
POVERTY INDEX
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY STATUS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PROGRESS
RECEIPT
REGIONAL DUMMIES
RELIGIOUS GROUPS
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCE FLOWS
REMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS
REMITTANCES
REMITTANCES REMITTANCES
RESPECT
RETURN
RETURNS
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL PRODUCTIVITY
SAVINGS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
SOCIAL NETWORK
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TYPES OF REMITTANCES
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
URBAN AREAS
VALUE OF REMITTANCES
VILLAGE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9899265/impact-remittances-poverty-inequality-ghana
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6940

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