Gendered costs to the "left behind": A challenge to the migration and development nexus

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 365-374

  Torres, Rebecca Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84977767209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203383117     Document Type: Chapter

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