Rural mobility as a response to land shortages: The case of Malawi

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-311

  Potts, Deborah ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Land; Malawi; Rural livelihoods; Rural rural migration; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MOBILITY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33746462746     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.416     Document Type: Article

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