Migrants' social protection as a transnational process: Public policies and emigrant initiative in the case of Ecuador

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-325

  Boccagni, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Emigrant policies; Remittances; Social protection; Transnational caregiving

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958017474     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2010.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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