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Till to tiller: international migration remittances and land rights in West Africa

Cotula, Lorenzo; Toulmin, Camilla

It is known that migrants constitute an invaluable resource for development and poverty reduction in their home countries. At the same time, migration creates new challenges. In an agricultural-based economy, labour shortages may make the local economy dependent on remittances. This may lead to inequality, competition and conflict among those who do and do not receive the remittances.