Journal of
Geography and Regional Planning

  • Abbreviation: J. Geogr. Reg. Plann.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2070-1845
  • DOI: 10.5897/JGRP
  • Start Year: 2008
  • Published Articles: 395

Full Length Research Paper

Rural youth outmigration, remittance and its impacts on migrant-sending households in Gojjam and Wolayta, Ethiopia

Teferee Makonnen Kassa
  • Teferee Makonnen Kassa
  • Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Kotebe University College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 08 September 2016
  •  Accepted: 03 November 2016
  •  Published: 30 April 2017

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