Transforming south-north relations? International migration and development

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-134

  Datta, Kavita ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; KNOWLEDGE; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; RETURN MIGRATION;

EID: 59849097649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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