The tractor, the shop and the filling station: Work migration as self-help development in Albania

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 877-890

  Nicholson, Beryl ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; REPATRIATION; RETURN MIGRATION; SELF HELP; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 4644328308     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966813042000258088     Document Type: Article

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