Pathways to self-sufficiency: Successful entrepreneurship for refugees

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 127-159

  Fong, Rowena ^a   Busch, Noel Bridget ^a   Armour, Marilyn ^a   Cook Heffron, Laurie ^a   Chanmugan, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Refugee employment; Refugee entrepreneurship; Refugee microenterprises; Refugee service providers; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548481995     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v16n01_05     Document Type: Article

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