Why remittances shouldn't be blamed for rural underdevelopment in Mexico: A collective response to Leigh Binford

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-96

  Cohen, Jeffrey ^a   Jones, Richard ^b   Conway, Dennis ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14544307911     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X05048614     Document Type: Review

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