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Remittances and Poverty in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorAdams, Richard H. Jr.
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-22T15:26:15Z
dc.date.available2012-06-22T15:26:15Z
dc.date.issued2006-02
dc.description.abstractThe author uses a large, nationally representative household survey to analyze the impact of internal remittances (from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty in Ghana. With only one exception, he finds that both types of remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Ghana. But the size of the poverty reduction depends on how poverty is being measured. The author finds that poverty is reduced more when international, as opposed to internal, remittances are included in household income, and when poverty is measured by the more sensitive poverty measures-poverty gap and squared poverty gap. For example, the squared poverty gap measure shows that including international remittances in household expenditure (income) reduces the severity of poverty by 34.8 percent, while including internal remittances in such income reduces the severity of poverty by only 4.1 percent. International remittances reduce the severity of poverty more than internal remittances because of the differential impact of these two types of remittances on poor households. Households in the poorest decile group receive 22.7 percent of their total household expenditure (income) from international remittances, as opposed to only 13.8 percent of such income from internal remittances. When these "poorest of the poor" households receive international 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 both the number and distance of poor households beneath the poverty line.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567848/remittances-poverty-ghana
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3838
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8781
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3838
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAMOUNT OF REMITTANCES
dc.subjectCAPITA EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectCASE STUDY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ISSUES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP
dc.subjectDISTURBANCE TERM
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODEL
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC TECHNIQUES
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subjectEFFECT OF REMITTANCES
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE DATA
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT INDEX
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT MEASURE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTIC
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectILLEGAL MIGRANTS
dc.subjectIMPACT OF REMITTANCES
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DATA
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINTERNAL MIGRANTS
dc.subjectINTERNAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRANT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS SURVEY
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectMIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNON-FOOD GOODS
dc.subjectNON-FOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectNON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPARAMETER ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR PERSON
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY STATUS
dc.subjectREGRESSORS
dc.subjectREMITTANCE
dc.subjectREMITTANCE FLOWS
dc.subjectREMITTANCE RECEIVING
dc.subjectREMITTANCE RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectREMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectREMITTERS
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectSQUARED POVERTY GAP
dc.subjectTYPES OF REMITTANCES
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectVALUE OF REMITTANCES
dc.titleRemittances and Poverty in Ghanaen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaJobs
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crossref.titleRemittances And Poverty In Ghana
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:20:31.201194Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567848/remittances-poverty-ghana
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.guid863561468253173278
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3838
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000016406_20060131160228
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum6567848
okr.identifier.reportWPS3838
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryGhana
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Remittances
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Conditions and Volatility
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Small Area Estimation Poverty Mapping
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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