Remittance outcomes in rural Oaxaca, Mexico: Challenges, options and opportunities for migrant households

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-63

  Cohen, Jeffrey H ^a   Rodriguez, Leila ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Households; Mexico; Migration; Remittances

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INVESTMENT; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

EID: 13244286568     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.356     Document Type: Article

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