{"product_id":"migration-and-development-in-africa-9781498516839","title":"Migration and Development in Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are only a few studies that analyze the complex relationship between Migration and development in Africa. The book presents the main trends in African migration since the last two decades. It analyzes the major migration trends, the various migration hubs across the continent and the underlying factors explaining the changing nature of migration across the continent. A few of the chapters in the book examine the phenomenon of migration from a national perspective by focusing on migration trends in countries such as Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, and Nigeria. Two chapters examine the migration links between Africa and Europe with one of them focusing on the political links between Ghana and the Netherlands while the other focuses on economic exchanges between the Cameroonian diaspora in Germany and selected groups and organizations in Cameroon. The uniqueness of this book lies in the varied disciplinary viewpoints used by the authors in explaining the phenomenon of migration and developm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining sharp theoretical and empirical analyses with detailed contemporary and historical insights, this book examines the main features and implications of the migration-development nexus in the African context. The book is remarkably straightforward and lucidly written. Indeed, it is hard to know what to admire most about it— its multidisciplinary approach, its thorough analysis, or the sheer elegance with which all the chapters come together in a coherent whole. Every serious student of migration will need to read this book. -- Joseph Mensah, York University\u003cbr\u003eA book on the subject of migration and development can only catch the attention of a variety of readers if it is innovative in a number of ways, and this is the strength of this volume. It has diverse topics that have been carefully selected to cover the subject comprehensively. The reader will find the variety of the disciplinary backgrounds of the authors and methodologies employed as the volume’s greatest strength and attractiveness. The issues examined include longstanding ones such as the brain drain and brain gain. The discussion on rural development resulting from diaspora associational activities is a specific area in the migration and development discourse that will be welcome by policy makers. Some concepts that have recently emerged or are receiving greater attention now in the field of study are not excluded in this volume, and they make it interesting: associational life of migrants, political participation of trans-migrants, repatriation, climate change and migration, among others. The volume is relevant to both the policy maker and academic researcher that need to know more about the migration-development nexus apart from the development effects of migration. -- Delali Badasu, Director, Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Introduction, by Steve Tonah and Mary Boatemaa Setrana Chapter 2: Political Participation Beyond National Borders: The Case of Ghanaian Political Party Branches in the Netherlands, by Richard Kwabena Owusu Kyei and Mary Boatemaa Setrana Chapter 3: Transnational Migration among Migrants from Cameroon, by Danielle Minteu Kadje Chapter 4: Partnering for Rural Development in Ghana: The Case of Ghanaian Hometown Associations in the United Kingdom, by Leander Kandilige Chapter 5: Comparative Analysis of Educational Performance of Children from Migrant and Non-Migrant Households in Ghana, by Theophilus Kwabena Abutima Chapter 6: Brain Drain or Brain Gain? The Contribution of Skilled Migrants to Development in Kenya, by Jane Mwanji Chapter 7: The Repatriation of Destitute Nigerians in Colonial Ghana, by Omon Merry Osiki Chapter 8: From Seasonal Migrants to Settlers: Climate Change and Permanent Migration to the Transitional Zone of Ghana, by Peter Bilson Obour, Kwadwo Owusu, and Joseph K. Teye Chapter 9: Hindered Pathways towards Development? West African Mobilities and European Borders in the Twenty-First Century, by Joris Schapendonk Chapter 10: Mapping Out the Role of Labor Migrants in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Economy, by Sylvia Esther Gyan and Rabiu K. B. Asante","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040662094167,"sku":"9781498516839","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498516839.jpg?v=1750947431","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/migration-and-development-in-africa-9781498516839","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}