Working Paper C4. Migration from and to Ghana: A Background Paper.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2003
Country:
Ghana
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Anarfi, J., Kwankye, S., Tiemoko, R., Ofuso-Mensah Ababio

Abstract

Topics discussed in this paper include: Historical development of emigration from Ghana; Historical development of migration within Ghana and from its neighbours; Main determinants of internal and international migration in Ghana; Characteristics of migrants (including movement of children); Importance of migration for the national economy (remittances, brain drain and return, and forced displacement); and Policies and instruments in relation to mobility.

Citation

Country Background Paper, WP-C4, Sussex, UK, DRC on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, 38 pp.

Working Paper C4. Migration from and to Ghana: A Background Paper.

Published 1 January 2003
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