Labour migration as a social security mechanism for smallholder households in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Cameroon

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-236

  Schrieder, Gertrud ^a   Knerr, Béatrice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; SMALLHOLDER; WELFARE PROVISION;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0034091260     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713688309     Document Type: Article

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