Extent of poverty alleviation by migrant remittances in Sri Lanka

South Asia Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-108

  Kageyama, Ayako ^a,b  

^a Japan Bank for International Cooperation   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Domestic servants; Gulf states; Middle Eastern migration; Migration and development; Remittances; Sri Lanka; Unskilled migrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749137178     PISSN: 02627280     EISSN: 17413141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026272800702800105     Document Type: Article

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