Beyond Family Remittances: Assessing the Prospects of Alternative Approaches to "Remittances for Development" in Africa

International Migration

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Ngomba, Teke ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; DIASPORA; ECONOMIC IMPACT; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

AARHUS [DENMARK]; CAMEROON; DENMARK;

EID: 84857125073     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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