Seeking Opportunities for Development and Dealing with Migration in Northern Ghana
| dc.contributor.advisor | Rutten, M.M.E.M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Verkaart, Tessa | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Migration has been part of human life since hunters and gatherers wandered with their livestock in search of pasture and water. The form and direction of migration has been changing ever since. There have been different ways in trying to understand, analyze and deal with migration. Migration as a multi-facetted phenomenon is hard to grasp, and to really capture the processes involved is a difficult task. With this research there will be argued that migration is a complex and context bound process which needs an interdisciplinary approach when trying to understand a certain flow of migration. The world is facing tremendous social transformations with different cross border flows travelling the world creating opportunities for some and leaving others behind. It is important to realize that globalisation is a crucial context to understand contemporary migration. As globalisation, migration can have uneven effects within regions with on the one hand connecting areas in the global and on the other hand it can lead up to the loss of skilled people creating a brain drain within certain regions. However the potential role which migrant diasporas could play in development in their home countries is gaining more attention. Migration does not only affect the migrant itself but the sending and receiving societies as a whole are affected by the phenomena. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2973 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.thesis.faculty | Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen | en_US |
| dc.thesis.specialisation | Globalization, Migration and Development | en_US |
| dc.thesis.studyprogramme | Master Human Geography | en_US |
| dc.thesis.type | Master | en_US |
| dc.title | Seeking Opportunities for Development and Dealing with Migration in Northern Ghana | en_US |
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