Temporary labour migration and sustainable post-conflict return in Sierra Leone

GeoJournal

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-240

  Maconachie, Roy ^a   Binns, Tony ^b   Tengbe, Paul ^c   Johnson, Reynold ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Diamonds; Migration; Post conflict; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DIAMONDS; PERSONNEL; RURAL AREAS;

POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POST-CONFLICT; RURAL COMMUNITIES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

DIAMOND; FARMING SYSTEM; LABOR MIGRATION; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POST-WAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTION; RURAL SOCIETY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; SIERRA LEONE;

AFRICA; SIERRA LEONE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34247876108     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-007-9056-1     Document Type: Article

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