Do Remittances Reduce Aid Dependency? »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2011/246
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Maelan Le Goff , and Kangni Kpodar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 October 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463923259.001
ISBN: 9781463923259
Keywords: Development aid, aid flows, aid dependency, bilateral aid, aid allocation, International Factor Movements and International Business: General, Economic Development: General,
Aid has been for decades an important source of financing for developing countries, but more recently remittance flows have increased rapidly and are beginning to dwarf aid flows. This paper investigates how remitt...