International Journal of
Sociology and Anthropology

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Sociol. Anthropol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-988X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJSA
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 334

Full Length Research Paper

A study of the underlying determinants of return migration of international return migrants to the Berekum Municipality, Ghana

YENDAW Elijah
  University for Development Studies, Wa Campus, Ghana.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 16 August 2013
  •  Published: 30 November 2013

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