04075oam 22010334 450 991095678890332120250426110910.097866138200449781462365951146236595797814527572091452757208978128239161112823916159781451994322145199432X(CKB)3360000000443046(EBL)3014367(SSID)ssj0000940041(PQKBManifestationID)11519259(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000940041(PQKBWorkID)10947097(PQKB)11228713(OCoLC)698585595(IMF)WPIEE2006130(MiAaPQ)EBC3014367(IMF)WPIEA2006130WPIEA2006130(EXLCZ)99336000000044304620020129d2006 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAltruism and Workers’ Remittances : Evidence from Selected Countries in the Middle East and Central Asia /Jacques Bouhga-Hagbe1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2006.1 online resource (29 p.)IMF Working Papers"May 2006".9781451863901 145186390X ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. DETERMINANTS OF WORKERSâ€? REMITTANCES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS""; ""III. EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION""; ""IV. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""A. Egypt""; ""B. Jordan""; ""C. Morocco""; ""D. Pakistan""; ""E. Tunisia""Workers' remittances have been playing an increasingly important role in the balance of payments of many countries and can significantly contribute to the strength of their external positions. Assessing the likely stability of remittance flows could be a valuable input to the analysis of their external vulnerabilities. This paper argues that "altruism," as a motive to send money home, would contribute to the stability of these flows. Using a simple framework that relates workers' remittances to agricultural GDP, which is used as an indicator of economic "hardship" in the home country, evidence suggests that altruism could have played an important role in the flow of remittances to Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, and Tunisia in recent years.IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;No. 2006/130Emigrant remittancesMiddle EastEmigrant remittancesAsia, CentralCurrencyimfEmigrant remittancesimfExchange ratesimfExports and ImportsimfExportsimfExternal positionimfForeign ExchangeimfForeign exchangeimfInternational economicsimfInternational financeimfInternational InvestmentimfLong-term Capital MovementsimfOutward remittancesimfRemittancesimfService exportsimfTrade: GeneralimfJordanimfEmigrant remittancesEmigrant remittancesCurrencyEmigrant remittancesExchange ratesExports and ImportsExportsExternal positionForeign ExchangeForeign exchangeInternational economicsInternational financeInternational InvestmentLong-term Capital MovementsOutward remittancesRemittancesService exportsTrade: GeneralBouhga-Hagbe Jacques1815997DcWaIMFBOOK9910956788903321Altruism and Workers’ Remittances4371635UNINA