Migration and the reproduction of poverty: The refugee camps in Jordan

International Migration

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 27-57

  Khawaja, Marwan ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; MIGRATION; POVERTY; REFUGEE;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0742267735     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2435.00234     Document Type: Article

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