Emigrants' remittances and Dutch Disease in Cape Verde

By Y. Bourdet, Hans Falck. 2006

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Subfields: Development, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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International Remittances and Income Inequality: An Empirical Investigation (2006, unknown): “Bourdet and Falck (2003), for instance, document how the remittances flow generated real exchange appreciations and Dutch disease in Cape Verde.”
Africa's Money in Africa (2013, background): “Remittance inflow can lead to exchange rate appreciation (Dutch Disease) because high inflow of foreign currency can increase the demand for local currency (Bourdet and Falck, 2006; Acosta et al., 2009; Vargas-Silva, 2009).”
Migration, entrepreneurship and development: critical questions (2017, background): “On the one hand, there exists a somewhat pessimistic view of the role of remittances, recognizing negative effects such as moral hazard (Chami et al. 2005) as well as exchange rate appreciation and reduced export competitiveness (Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo 2004; Bourdet and Falck 2006).”
Effect of Remittances on Poverty and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (2009, background): “In particular, remittances were almost 28% of GDP in Lesotho, and more than 5% in Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Senegal, Togo, and Uganda.”
Workers' Remittances and the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate: Theory and Evidence (2010, background): “An early single-country study of this type was by Bourdet and Falck (2003).”
Impact of Migration on Economic and Social Development: A Review of Evidence and Emerging Issues (2011, unknown): “Empirical evidence from Latin America and Cape Verde suggests that remittances can lead to exchange rate appreciation, which can reduce the competitiveness of the tradable sector, the so-called Dutch Disease (Bourdet & Falck 2006, Fajnzylber & Lopez 2007, Gupta et al. 2007).”