The Early Morning Phonecall : : Somali Refugees' Remittances / / Anna Lindley.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Forced Migration ; 28
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 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
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index