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Food Remittances: Migration and Food Security in Africa /

There is considerable evidence from across the African continent that a significant proportion of cash remittances to rural areas is spent on food. However, bidirectional food remitting -- its drivers, dimensions and impacts -- is an underdeveloped research and policy area. This report therefore rev...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Crush, Jonathan, 1953- (Auteur), Caesar, Mary (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Collection:Migration policy series ; no. 72.
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Résumé:There is considerable evidence from across the African continent that a significant proportion of cash remittances to rural areas is spent on food. However, bidirectional food remitting -- its drivers, dimensions and impacts -- is an underdeveloped research and policy area. This report therefore reviews the current state of knowledge about food remittances in Africa and aims to make a number of contributions to the study of the relationship between migration and food security.
Description:Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (56 pages): illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-48).
ISBN:9781920596255
Accès:Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.