Reading remittance landscapes: Female migration and agricultural transition in the Philippines

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-99

  McKay, Deirdre ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural transformation; Gender relations; Migration; Remittances

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; GENDER RELATIONS; POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CAGAYAN VALLEY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IFUGAO; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 24344508747     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2005.10649529     Document Type: Article

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