Do migrant remittances matter for financial development in Kenya?

Abstract The paper analyzes the relationship between remittances and financial development using Kenyan quarterly data from 2006 to 2016. Five different indicators of financial development are used: credit to the private sector as a share of GDP, the number of mobile transactions, the value of these...

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Main Authors: Roseline Nyakerario Misati, Anne Kamau, Hared Nassir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-07-01
Series:Financial Innovation
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40854-019-0142-4