Tied to migrants : transnational influences on the economy of Accra, Ghana

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L. Smith
Leiden: African Studies Centre, African studies collection 5, 2007.

ISBN 978.90.5448.074.7/ISSN 1876-018X

This book provides an in-depth exploraton of how transnational relationships of urban dwellers with (international) migrants influence economic activities in Accra, the capital of Ghana. These transnational relationships enable urban people to avoid - or else overcome - crises and help them establish or expand businesses. The same relationships also enable migrants to invest theirs savings in an urban economy in their country of origin, aiding their eventual return. The book argues that it is of crucial importance to take into account the role that local people - here those based in Accra - play in migrant activities in their countries of origin. [ASC Leiden abstract]