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Recent Developments with Personal Remittances to Less Developed Countries (LDCs) in the Context of Global Crises

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Private inward remittances have been an important source of development finance and have consistently increased above development aid in recent times.

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  1. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

    Peter Quartey

  2. Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

    Sarah Nyarko

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Quartey, P., Nyarko, S. (2023). Recent Developments with Personal Remittances to Less Developed Countries (LDCs) in the Context of Global Crises. In: Tribe, M., Kararach, G. (eds) The Political Economy of Global Manufacturing, Business and Finance . International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25832-9_12

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