Rural-urban migration and agricultural productivity: The case of Senegal

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-45

  Goldsmith, Peter D ^a   Gunjal, Kisan ^b,d   Ndarishikanye, Barnabé ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c Canadian International Development Agency   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic development; F0; International agriculture; Investment; O1; Q1; Rural urban migration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; INVESTMENT; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 3042845809     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agecon.2003.01.002     Document Type: Article

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