International Remittances and Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa / Aga, Gemechu Ayana
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2014Description: Online-Ressource (34 p)Additional physical formats: Aga, Gemechu Ayana: International Remittances and Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-6991Online resources: Summary: This paper uses World Bank survey data, including about 10,000 households in five countries-Burkina Faso, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda-to investigate the link between international remittances and households' financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper finds that receiving international remittances increases the probability that the household opens a bank account in all the five countries. This result is robust to controlling for the potential endogeneity of remittances, using as instruments indicators of the migrants' economic conditions in the destination countriesPPN: PPN: 834983761Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBLNo physical items for this record
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