Kinship, honour and money in rural pakistan: subsistence economy and the effects of international migration
Auteur :
Lefebvre, Alain
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780700709847
Date de publication :
21 juin 1999
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
612 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Rural poverty combined with Pakistan's labour-market policies forces many Punjabi men to seek work abroad. Remittances home have gone into conspicuous consumption rather than economic development; the validity of the use of migration as a development strategy is thus questioned.