The 'Diaspora option', migration and the changing political economy of development

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-120

  Pellerin, Hélène ^a   Mullings, Beverley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; development; Diaspora; migration; neoliberalism; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873104561     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2011.649294     Document Type: Article

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