Desertification [plus] Migration = Security?

13 Pages Posted: 4 Oct 2008 Last revised: 12 Oct 2008

Date Written: June 26, 2007

Abstract

This paper was prepared for, and published, in the Desertification and Security Conference Proceedings, German Federal Foreign Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin, Germany. The author discusses the relationship between migration and the deterioration of sub-Saharan drylands and related security issues for both African and European countries.

Keywords: desertification, migration, security, Africa, drylands, poverty, agriculture

JEL Classification: K33, N47, O15, O55

Suggested Citation

Leighton, Michelle T., Desertification [plus] Migration = Security? (June 26, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1278187 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1278187

Michelle T. Leighton (Contact Author)

American University of Central Asia ( email )

205 Abdymomunov Street
Bishkek, 720040
Kyrgyzstan

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