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Returns from the South: Effects of return migration of Ghanaian migrants from China on livelihoods and wealth inequalities in Ghana
Drawing on qualitative research methods among Ghanaian migrants to China, this paper addresses the question how does south-south migration affect livelihoods and wealth inequality? We argue that blunt global categorizations such as “Global South” and “Global North” only serve to obfuscate what is a rather heterogenous bunch of countries, with divergent opportunities for migrants.
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Migrant vulnerability and structural inequalities: the case of Haiti
Louis Herns Marcelin and Toni Cela of the Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, consider the policy implications of the path dependence created by inequalities and inequities in home countries that persist throughout the migratory process.
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Fruit booms and investor mobility along the China-Myanmar and China-Laos borders
This study documents the geographic mobility of investment as the distinguishing characteristic of investment in fruit cultivation in Dehong, Xishuangbanna, Mandalay, and Luang Namtha, all of which are located along the China-Myanmar (Burma) and China-Laos borders.
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Remittances and transformations in funerary practices among the Hadiya
The importance of South-South Migration for the welfare of individuals and communities, and how remittance flows affect (or are affected by) (in)equality dynamics in sending areas are yet to be explored critically. This blog explores the ways in which migration, mediated by remittances, influences and brings about change to important cultural practices in Southern Ethiopia.
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