Why does child trafficking policy need to be reformed? The moral economy of children's movement in Benin and Ethiopia

Children's Geographies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 354-368

  Boyden, Jo ^a   Howard, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benin; child independent migration; Ethiopia; trafficking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880947487     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2013.817661     Document Type: Article

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