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  Sao Tome and Principe statistics
  - Population 0.16 mln
  - Population growth 2%
  - Life expectancy 65 years
  - Net migration -7,000
  - GDP $0.14 bln
  - - per capita $870
  - - growth rate 6%
  - FDI, net inflows $0.04 bln
  - Cellphone users 19%
  - Internet users 15%
  - High-tech exports 1%

Remittances and Economic Growth

Remittances and Economic Growth

sustineo.com.au –

This paper provides an econometric analysis of the impact of remittances on economic growth in SIDS. Included in this sample are 25 SIDS. This analysis tests whether this impact is different in SIDS than in other developing countries. The paper finds that remittances have a positive impact on growth in SIDS, but not in other countries. It does, however, find that the result differs among different groups of SIDS, holding for those in the Pacific and sub-Saharan Africa, but not for those located more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 9, 2012

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