In 2014, on the eve of the adoption of the SDGs, UNCTAD’s World Investment Report put the annual investment gap faced by developing countries to achieve the goals at $2.5 trillion. A new midpoint review sets the bar much higher, at $4 - $4.3 …
International project finance (IPF) can channel private cross-border capital toward productive investments in (mostly) infrastructure sectors, especially where government budget constraints are tight. Moreover, it has recently gained importance as a …
Migration is a family decision. Often the family is separated after the migration of one of its members and the desire to reunify can drive many decisions and choices made by the family. Will there be a reunification? After how long will the family …
The paper attempts to better understand the mechanisms underlying the costs of remittances. It does so using a multi-country analysis over the 2010s. More specifically, it tries to highlight whether and how the operators on the market adjust to a …
Tajikistan between 2007 and 2011 was the most dependent on remittances in the world. Using survey data covering this period, I analyze the impact of remittances on the household expenditures. I control for endogeneity and find that remittances does …