The early morning phonecall : Somali refugees' remittances /

As migration from poverty-stricken and conflict-affected countries continues to hit the headlines, this book focuses on an important counter-flow: the money that people send home. Despite considerable research on the impact of migration and remittances in countries of origin - increasingly viewed as...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lindley, Anna
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
Series:Studies in forced migration ; v. 28.
Subjects:
Emigrant remittances > Somalia.
Envois de fonds des émigrants > Somalie.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigrant remittances
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
Remittances.
Poverty.
Somalia > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Somalia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Migration, conflict and development : situating refugees' remittances
  • 2. The Somali context : people and money on the move
  • 3. Migration and remittances in a precarious state : the view from Hargeisa
  • 4. Traffic at a global crossroads : Eastleigh, Nairobi
  • 5. The north-south divide in everyday life : Londoners sending money "home"
  • 6. Concluding reflections.

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