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  "title": "Determinants of Remittances: Evidence From tonga",
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  "summary": "This paper analyzes the determinants of remittances to Tonga. The results indicate that macroeconomic conditions in remitting countries and exchange rate fluctuations influence remittances.",
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      "content": "- Macroeconomic conditions in remitting countries and exchange rate fluctuations influence remittances to Tonga.\n- Remittances growth falls when the Tongan currency appreciates.\n- Remittances growth increases with higher real GDP growth in remitting countries.\n- Remittances growth increases with lower unemployment in remitting countries.\n- The analysis does not find evidence of \"Dutch Disease\" in Tonga: the real exchange rate does not appear to be affected by remittances."
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      "heading": "Recipient heterogeneity",
      "content": "- The influence of determinants varies with recipients of remittances.\n- Remittances to non-profit organizations are more sensitive to:\n  - an appreciation of the Tongan currency, and\n  - the interest rate differential between Tonga and remitting countries,\n  than remittances to households."
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455211975.001",
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    "Remittances growth falls when the Tongan currency appreciates.",
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