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Migration for Hard Work: A Reluctant Livelihood Strategy for Poor Households in West Bengal, India

Author : Abdur Rafique, Deeptima Massey, Ben Rogaly | 2006
Published By: Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty

This paper reports some initial findings of a study of how migrants and the household members that stay behind reduce the insecurities they face (including hunger, debt, ill-health and work-place exploitation) through drawing on available informal support, based in relationships with kin, neighbours, fellow migrants and even, at times, employers. [DRC].

URL : 20130423010943.pdf

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