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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788337003321

Autore

Mongardini Joannes

Titolo

Grants, Remittances, and the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate in Sub-Saharan African Countries / / Joannes Mongardini, Brett Rayner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-0431-1

1-4527-1072-4

1-4518-7222-4

9786612842962

1-282-84296-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (29 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

RaynerBrett

Disciplina

338.9669

Soggetti

Subsidies - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Foreign exchange rates - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Exports and Imports

Foreign Exchange

Foreign Aid

Remittances

Currency

Foreign exchange

International economics

Real exchange rates

Balance of payments

International finance

Tanzania, United Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. The Scaling-up of Grants; II. Recent Literature; 2. The Scaling-up of Remittances; III. Data and Empirical Methodology; IV. Estimation Results; Tables; 1. Pooled Mean Group Estimates - Grants and Remittances; 2. Contribution of Fundamentals to Changes in ERER, 1980-2006; V. Concluding Remarks;



References; Appendix; Appendix Tables; A1. Data Description and Sources; A2. Unit Root Tests; A3. Pooled Mean Group Estimates-Fundamentals; A4. Pooled Mean Group Estimates for Oil Exporters; Appendix Figures

A1. Real Effective Exchange Rates and Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates, Non-oil Countries, 1980-2006A2. Real Exchange Rate Disequilibria, Non-oil Countries, 1980-2006 (in percent); A3. Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates and Real Exchanges Rates Oil Countries; A4. Real Exchange Rate Misalignments, Oil Countries (in percent)

Sommario/riassunto

This paper builds on the methodology developed by Chudik and Mongardini (2007) to estimate the relationship between grants and remittances and the equilibrium real exchange rate in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries using panel techniques. The results indicate that grants and remittances are not associated, in the long run, with an appreciation of the real effective exchange in SSA and are therefore not likely to give rise to Dutch disease effects. These findings suggest that grants and remittances may be serving to ease supply constraints or boost productivity in the non-tradable sector in the recipient economies.