Assessing the direct and spillover effects of shocks to refugee remittances
We examine the impact of exogenously shutting down remittances to Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya during 2015. We find that the remittance shutdown did not reduce refugee consumption on average. However, it did decrease consumption of households that previously received remittances through the...
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Elsevier Ltd
2019
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