Fiscal sustainability in remittance-dependent economies / prepared by Yasser Abdih [and others].

We investigate the impact of remittances on public debt sustainability and detail how the traditional debt-to-GDP ratio can be modified to create a more accurate representation of debt sustainability for a country that receives significant remittance inflows. The main result is that inclusion of rem...

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Main Author: Abdih, Y. (Yasser) (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Department
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, ©2009.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/09/190.
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