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Migrant Remittances and Physical Investment Purchases: Evidence from Kenyan Households

Farai JenaDepartment of Economics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 312-326 | Received 21 Oct 2015, Accepted 24 Jan 2017, Published online: 15 Feb 2017

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