Forced migration, land-use change and political economy in the forest region of Guinea

African Affairs

Volumn 96, Issue 385, 1997, Pages 587-605

  Black, Richard ^a   Sessay, Mohamed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FORCED MIGRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REFUGEES;

GUINEA, YOMOU PREFECTURE;

EID: 0031429506     PISSN: 00019909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007885     Document Type: Article

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