Circular migration patterns and determinants in Nairobi slum settlements

Demographic Research

Volumn 23, Issue , 2010, Pages 549-586

  Beguy, Donatien ^a   Bocquier, Philippe ^b   Zulu, Eliya Msiyaphazi ^c  

^a Shelter Afrique Center   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c African Institute for Development Policy AFIDEP   (Kenya)

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EID: 78049469037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.20     Document Type: Article

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