Local perceptions of migration from north-west Ghana

Africa

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 595-619

  Van Geest, Kees Der ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; LABOR MIGRATION; LIVING STANDARD; MIGRANT WORKER; PERCEPTION; RETURN MIGRATION;

GHANA;

EID: 78649786834     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2010.0404     Document Type: Article

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