Utilization of International Remittances in Bangladesh

Kumar, Bezon; Hossain, Md. Elias; Osmani, Ataul Gani

doi:10.33182/rr.v3i1.424

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“…As for example, Adams and Cuecuecha [14] defined remittances as money or goods transmitted by workers from the migration destination to their origin. Foreign remittances have been studied so far in terms of their contribution to the sending societies like improving consumption levels, paying back loans, getting better education, convalescing health facilities, building homes, funding an investment [15][16][17][18][19][20], or paying utility bills [19] and reducing poverty [21][22]. Positively supplementing the income level of left behinds, remittances are considered a key source to fund education and health care expenditures directly or indirectly [23].…”

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“…International remittances literature is crowded with studies contextualizing Bangladesh like [6,15,[37][38][39][40][41] and its relationship has been explored with numerous economic and household factors using macro-level country data. But unfortunately, its direct linkage with educational and healthcare expenditure of Bangladesh using micro-level data did not catch attention yet.…”

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The Impact of International Remittances on Education and Health in Bangladesh

Kumar¹

2019

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Over last few decades international remittances are playing a vital role in the socio-economic development of the developing countries like Bangladesh. Remittance contributes not only in household level but also in community and national level of a country. Although many studies have been carried out on poverty, growth, inequality, unemployment impact of remittances, impact of international remittances on education and health in Bangladesh has not been studied yet. Therefore, this study explores the impact of international remittances on education and health in Bangladesh. In achieving the objective, the study uses primary data collected from 396 households and applies both statistical and econometric methods. Firstly, the study uses statistical approach to bring to light the core scenario of education and health conditions of the households. Secondly, the study separately applies linear regression model estimated through OLS method to examine the impact of international remittances on education and health. The study finds that international remittances have negative and significant impact on education while international remittances have positive and significant on health. This paper finds that if the households receive remittance, the per capita expenditure on health may be increased by Tk. 4817.39 and the per capita expenditure on education may be decreased by Tk. 1020.67. Therefore, the study suggests government and non-government organizations nursing international remittances to improve households' health.

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The Impact of International Remittances on Education and Health in Bangladesh

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2019

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“…At micro level, remittance directly augments income and abates budget constraints of remittance recipient households at the time of economic agony [8]. Remittance recipient households spend remittance mostly on consumption purposes which induce demand for local goods, services and labors [9][10][11]. Moreover, remittance recipient households invest in productive projects which mould new employment opportunities in the community and consequently enhance the income level of community people [9,12].…”

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“…Remittance recipient households spend remittance mostly on consumption purposes which induce demand for local goods, services and labors [9][10][11]. Moreover, remittance recipient households invest in productive projects which mould new employment opportunities in the community and consequently enhance the income level of community people [9,12]. In addition, the inflow of remittance reduces infant mortality rate, increases children's school attendance rate and improve the health condition of the children of remittance recipient households [13][14].…”

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Remittances, Poverty and Welfare: Evidence from Cumilla, Bangladesh

Kumar¹

2019

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International remittance is now one of talking issues around the world as it has been playing a vital role in socioeconomic development of the developing countries like Bangladesh since last few decades. Thus, the present study explores the impact of international remittances on household poverty and welfare in Bangladesh. To achieve this objective, the study analyses primary data collected from 360 households from Cumilla district of Bangladesh. To find out the impact of remittances on poverty, the study employs the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) index. On the other hand, a one way ANOVA test is used to examine the impact of remittances on household welfare. The paper finds that the incidence, depth and severity of poverty among remittance recipient households is quite less than that of remittance non-recipient households. Empirically, the study finds that about 6 percent of remittance recipient households lives below the poverty line while this rate is 48 percent for non-recipient households. The study also finds that the average gross per capita expenditure of remittance receiving households is three times higher than that of non-recipient households which interprets that recipient households enjoy higher level of welfare. Thus, it is found that remittances have significant influence on household welfare. The study recommends nursing international remittances as an important tool in reducing poverty and enhancing welfare.

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“…By following earlier studies, the present study considers a cause and effect relationship between loneliness and a set of explanatory variables. Since the dependent variable, loneliness, is continuous, the study applies a linear regression model estimated through OLS method following Kumar et al [40] and Kumar [41]. Equation 1 states the relationship as follows:…”

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Social Network, Facebook Use and Loneliness: A Comparative Analysis Between Public and Private University Students in Bangladesh

Kumar¹

2019

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The study mainly explores the level of real life social network, Facebook use and loneliness of the university students in Bangladesh. In addition, the study examines the factors affecting loneliness of the students. To achieve these objectives, the study uses primary data collected from 380 students and employs several methods. Firstly, the study employs Lubben Social Network Scale and UCLA loneliness scale to measure the level of real life social network and loneliness, respectively. Secondly, the study uses a linear regression model estimated through OLS method to find out the factors affecting loneliness of the students. The study finds that although aggregately students are averagely engaged in real life social network in the study area, public university students are relatively more engaged in real life social network than that of private university students. The study also finds that aggregately students in the study area suffer from loneliness moderately where private university students suffer more than that of public university students. Moreover, the study finds that the level of loneliness is increased by 3.27 and 3.47 if students use Facebook one hour more per day and students read in private university, respectively while the level of loneliness is decreased by 4.61 if the level of real life social network is increased by one. Therefore, the study suggests the students to be careful in using Facebook and to be engaged more in real life social network in order to get rid of the adverse effects of loneliness.

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Utilization of International Remittances in Bangladesh

Cited by 12 publications

References 13 publications

The Impact of International Remittances on Education and Health in Bangladesh

The Impact of International Remittances on Education and Health in Bangladesh

Remittances, Poverty and Welfare: Evidence from Cumilla, Bangladesh

Social Network, Facebook Use and Loneliness: A Comparative Analysis Between Public and Private University Students in Bangladesh

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