Place, migration, and development in the Third World : an alternative view, with particular reference to population movements, labor market experiences and regional change in Latin America
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Place, migration, and development in the Third World : an alternative view, with particular reference to population movements, labor market experiences and regional change in Latin America
(Routledge series in geography and environment)
Routledge, 1991
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Bibliography: p. [223]-245
Includes index
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Description
Providing a fresh examination of the nature of Third World development, the author focuses on the characteristics of particular places and regions and their influences on behaviour. This is an important study of the relationship between population movements and regional and national changes.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. What is Third World Development? 3. Aggregate Migration Flows and Development, with a Costa Rican Example 4. Individual Migration and Place Characteristics Related to Development in Venezuela 5. Individual Labour Market Experiences and Place Characteristics Related to Development in Venezuela 6. Policy Apects of Development and Regional Change (I) Population movements from Ecuador's Rural Sierra (II) The Juxtaposition of National Policies and Local Socioeconomic Structures in Ecuador 8. Third World Development as the Local Articulation of World Economics and Political Conditions, Donor-Nation Actions, and G.vernment Policies: Concluding Observations
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