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Tackling Poverty-migration Linkages: Evidence from Ghana and Egypt

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  • Rachel Sabates-Wheeler

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  • Ricardo Sabates
  • Adriana Castaldo
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    Article provided by Springer in its journal Social Indicators Research.

    Volume (Year): 87 (2008)
    Issue (Month): 2 (June)
    Pages: 307-328

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    Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:87:y:2008:i:2:p:307-328

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    Keywords: Migration; Poverty; Subjective poverty;

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    1. Knight, John & Gunatilaka, Ramani, 2010. "Great Expectations? The Subjective Well-being of Rural-Urban Migrants in China," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 113-124, January.

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