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Remittances and Poverty in Guatemala

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dc.contributor.authorAdams, Richard H. Jr.
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-18T20:54:15Z
dc.date.available2013-06-18T20:54:15Z
dc.date.issued2004-09
dc.description.abstractThe author uses a large, nationally representative household survey to analyze the impact of internal remittances (from Guatemala), and international remittances (from the United States) on poverty in Guatemala. With only one exception, he finds that both internal and international remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Guatemala. However, he finds that remittances have a greater impact on reducing the severity as opposed to the level of poverty in Guatemala. For example, the squared poverty gap-which measures the severity of poverty-falls by 21.1 percent when internal remittances are included in household income, and by 19.8 percent when international remittances are included in such income. This is true because households in the lowest decile group receive a very large share of their total household income (expenditure) from remittances. Households in the bottom decile group receive between 50 and 60 percent of their total income (expenditure) from remittances. When these "poorest of the poor" households receive remittances, their income status changes dramatically and this in turn has a large effect on any poverty measure-like the squared poverty gap-that considers the number, distance, and distribution of poor households beneath the poverty line.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5182578/remittances-poverty-guatemala
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3418
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/13996
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherThe World Bank, Washington D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 3418
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectECONOMISTS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFEMALES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL TRANSFERS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP INDEX
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.titleRemittances and Poverty in Guatemalaen
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okr.crossref.titleRemittances and Poverty in Guatemala
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:13:44.030680Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5182578/remittances-poverty-guatemala
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.guid498111468771568579
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3418
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000012009_20041019140801
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum5182578
okr.identifier.reportWPS3418
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryGuatemala
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Conditions and Volatility
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicServices and Transfers to Poor
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume1 of 1
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