Remittances, return, diaspora: Framing the debate in the context of Albania and Kosova

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-406

  King, Russell ^a   Vullnetari, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albania; Global economic crisis; Kosova; Migration and development; Migration policy; Remittances; Return migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349100774     PISSN: 14683857     EISSN: 17439639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14683850903314907     Document Type: Article

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