Editorial introduction: Migration, return and development in West Africa

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-83

  Black, Richard ^a   King, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Remittances; Return migration; Transnational migration; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644253175     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.318     Document Type: Article

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