Informal Insurance Arrangements in Ghanaian Migrants' Transnational Networks: The Role of Reverse Remittances and Geographic Proximity

By Valentina Mazzucato. 2009

114 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science, Soil Science

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In Safety Research

1. J. Carling
2. Valentina Mazzucato

In Sociology and Political Science

1. J. Carling
2. Valentina Mazzucato

In Soil Science

1. J. Carling
2. Valentina Mazzucato

Citations in the corpus

• Reverse remittances in the migration–development nexus: two-way flows between Ghana and the Netherlands (2011, background): “The survey shows that 10% of migrants entrusted non-kin members with overseeing the construction of their houses (Mazzucato, 2009b).”
• Scripting Remittances: Making Sense of Money Transfers in Transnational Relationships 1 (2014, background): “A case in point is lavish Ghanaian funerals that are financed by transnational donations that are publicized to the guests (Mazzucato, Kabki, and Smith, 2006).”