From nation-building to entrepreneurship: The impact of élite return migrants in Ĉote d'Ivoire and Ghana

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-154

  Ammassari, Savina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ote d'Ivoire; Capital transfers; Development; Elite; Ghana; Migration

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; LABOR MIGRATION; RETURN MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; STATE BUILDING;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 4644258173     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.319     Document Type: Article

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