Table des matières
Abdullahi Labo
The Motivation and Integration of Immigrants in the Nigeria-Niger Border Area. A study of Magama-Jibia- Introduction
- Migration Trends in West Africa
- Theoretical Explanations for Migration
- Lewis, Fei and Ranis: The surplus rural manpower model
- Harris-Todaro: The wage disparity model
- Multi-sectoral analysis models
- The dependency model
- Border Migration and the 1979 ECOWAS Protocol
- The Study Area
- The Research Methodology
- Empirical Analysis
- Basic characteristics of the immigrants
- Reasons for migration to Magama-Jibia
- Integration into the host community
- Summary and Conclusion
A.A. Afolayan
Trans-Border Movement and Trading. A case study of a borderland in southwestern Nigeria- Introduction
- The operative terms
- Concept of border
- Trans-border movement
- Trans-border trading
- Aims and objectives of the study
- Research Design and Implementation
- Methodology
- The Study Area
- History and evolution
- Development of Infrastructure and Economy
- Demographic and economic characteristics of residents
- Housing conditions
- Trans-border Movement
- Types of borderlands
- Zero Borderlands
- Open, Transit or Minimal Borderlands
- Maximal Borderland
- Lifetime migration
- Period migration
- Routes across the border
- Interpersonal links in cross-border movement
- Trans-border Trading
- The main items of trade
- Places of purchase in host country
- Places of sale within Nigeria
- Frequency of purchase of goods
- Relationship with customers
- Amount of goods purchased within month of survey
- Amount of goods sold in Nigeria
- Declared profit
- Traders perceptions of trans-border trading
- Extrapolation of findings
- Summary
- Conclusion