
Migration and Remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean : Engines of Growth and Macroeconomic Stabilizers? »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2017/144
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Kimberly Beaton , Svetlana Cerovic , Misael Galdamez , Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov , Franz Loyola , Zsoka Koczan , Bogdan Lissovolik , Jan Martijn , Yulia Ustyugova , and Joyce Wong
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 June 2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484303641.001
ISBN: 9781484303641
Keywords: Dominica, Dominican Republic, Caribbean, Costa Rica, Antigua and Barbuda, Asia and Pacific, Bahamas, The, Barbados, Belize, El Salvador
Outward migration has been an important phenomenon for countries in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC), particularly those in Central America and the Caribbean. This paper examines recent trends in outward migr...