Some benefits of migrants' return visits to Ghana

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Asiedu, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Migration tourism nexus; Remittances; Temporary return migration; Trickle down effects

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; REMITTANCE; RETURN MIGRATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13244252561     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.350     Document Type: Article

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