Weaving in and out of employment and self-employment: Young rural migrants in the informal economy of ouagadougou

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-218

  Thorsen, Dorte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; child labour; rural urban migration; urban informal economy; youth employment

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CHILD LABOR; EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INFORMAL SECTOR; MOBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SELF EMPLOYMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ABIDJAN; BURKINA FASO; COTE D'IVOIRE; OUAGADOUGOU;

EID: 84883337286     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: 14783401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.2013.13     Document Type: Article

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