Migration, Youth, and Land in West Africa: Making the Connections Work for Inclusive Development | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
Abril 2019
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
10.3390/land8040060
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© 2019 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article.

This paper presents the results of a short-term research project conducted in 2017/2018 on the various ways in which migration and land dynamics in West Africa are intertwined. Contrary to much conventional (policy) thinking in the European Union (EU) today, our point of departure is not that migration is the problem to be solved – nor that (access to) land is the straightforward means to discouraging migration. Drawing on local case studies in four West African countries, this research aims to shed light on the various relationships between migration and land, and to analyze to what extent they may contribute to or obstruct (local) inclusive and sustainable development in Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Benin. In doing so, we aim to offer food for thought concerning possible ways for making the connection between migration and land more fruitful and productive for as many people as possible, especially in relation to the opportunities and constraints facing different categories of West African youth.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Kaag, Mayke
Baltissen, Gerard
Steel, Griet
Lodder, Anouk

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