Workers’  Remittances and Economic Growth in South Asia

dc.contributor.author	Jawaid, S.T.
dc.contributor.author	Raza, S.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2014-08-05T11:50:55Z
dc.date.available	2014-08-05T11:50:55Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.uri	http://220.247.212.102/handle/789/71
dc.description.abstract	Using data from 1975 to 2009 this paper analysis the effect of remittances of migrant workers on the economic growth of five South Asian countries. Other than Pakistan, positive long term economic growth is seen in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. A bi directional causality is seen between remittances and economic growth in Nepal and Sri Lanka.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Munich Personal RePEc Archive	en_US
dc.relation.uri	http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/39001/1/MPRA_paper_39001.pdf	en_US
dc.subject	Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.subject	Remittances	en_US
dc.subject	South Asia	en_US
dc.subject	Economic growth	en_US
dc.subject	International migration	en_US
dc.title	Workers’ Remittances and Economic Growth in South Asia	en_US
dc.type	Working Paper	en_US
dc.identifier.shortcitation	MPRA Paper No. 39001; Munich Personal RePEc Archive , 2012	en_US