Returning home: migrant connections and visions for local development in rural Nepal

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Returning home : migrant connections and visions for local development in rural Nepal . / Agergaard, Jytte; Brøgger, Ditte.

I: Geografisk tidsskrift / Danish journal of geography, Bind 116, Nr. 1, 2016, s. 71-81.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Agergaard, J & Brøgger, D 2016, 'Returning home: migrant connections and visions for local development in rural Nepal ', Geografisk tidsskrift / Danish journal of geography, bind 116, nr. 1, s. 71-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2015.1118706

APA

Agergaard, J., & Brøgger, D. (2016). Returning home: migrant connections and visions for local development in rural Nepal . Geografisk tidsskrift / Danish journal of geography, 116(1), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2015.1118706

Vancouver

Agergaard J, Brøgger D. Returning home: migrant connections and visions for local development in rural Nepal . Geografisk tidsskrift / Danish journal of geography. 2016;116(1):71-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2015.1118706

Author

Agergaard, Jytte ; Brøgger, Ditte. / Returning home : migrant connections and visions for local development in rural Nepal . I: Geografisk tidsskrift / Danish journal of geography. 2016 ; Bind 116, Nr. 1. s. 71-81.

Bibtex

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