African migration: trends, patterns, drivers

Comparative Migration Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Flahaux, Marie Laurence ^a   De Haas, Hein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Development; International migration; Migration determinants; Post colonialism; State formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065177384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214594X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40878-015-0015-6     Document Type: Article

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