The impact of remittances and equivalence scales on poverty in Tajikistan.

The aim of this paper is to study the impact of remittances from labour migrants on welfare, as well as the impact of the use of equivalence scales on poverty, in Tajikistan. The magnitude of remittances sent back is fairly well known from official statistics (e.g. the amount of remittances is regul...

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Published in:	Central Asian Survey Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 395 - 409
Main Authors:	Betti, Gianni, Lundgren, Lars
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2012
Subjects:	Tajikistan Poverty Consumption (Economics) Household surveys Remittances Equivalence scales (Economics) Tajikistan economy, 1991-
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