Do International Remittances Affect Poverty in Africa

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Do remittances improve income inequality? An instrumental variable quantile analysis of the Kenyan case (2016, background): “Anyanwu and Erhijakpor (2010) show that remittances have reduced poverty based on a sample of 33 African countries from 1990 to 2006.”
Working Paper 136 - Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to Africa, 1980-2007 (2011, background): “Cooperation between financial authorities in sending and recipient countries is required to address the high cost paid by consumers in their remittances transactions (Anyanwu and Erhijakpor, 2010).”
Impact of remittances on economic growth and poverty reduction amongst CIS countries (2019, methodology): “(2007) and Anyanwu and Erhijakpor (2010). The relationship that we want to estimate can be written as follows:”
Working Paper 180 - Marital Status, Household Size and Poverty in Nigeria: Evidence from the 2009-2010 Survey Data (2013, background): “The dependent variable is defined as 1 if average per capita household expenditure is below the poverty line and 0 if it is above the poverty line (see also Anyanwu, 1997, 1998a, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012; Anyanwu and Erhijakpor, 2009, 2010; and Gang, Sen and Yun, 2004).”