IMF says remittances do not balance out losses caused by emigration

Remittances are key for providing support to LAC countries in terms of fiscal and financial stability

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The negative impact from emigration on labour forces in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) nations outweighs growth gains from remittances, a paper published by the International Monetary Fund finds.

In Migration and remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean: engines of growth and macroeconomic stabilisers, a group of economists examine recent outward migration and remittance trends to LAC countries.

“Given emigration, remittance flows play key financing and stabilising roles in Central

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