Co-creation of transnational livelihoods through 'door-to- door' shipping operations along the Ghana-UK migration corridor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3606230 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geraldine Asiwome Adiku (University of Ghana, corresponding author), Leander Kandilige (0000-0001-8159-1305, University of Ghana) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 2416-2433 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.2021.1901674 |
| OpenAlex | W3141865783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 40 |
Transnational approaches have led to conceptualisations of migration as a phenomenon that is embedded within globalisation processes. Overwhelmingly, emphasis is placed on the transnational connections migrants maintain with their relatives. Technological advancements have facilitated sustained communication, remittance transfers and return visits between migrants and their relatives. However, the role of shipping companies, as transnational actors based in destination countries with partners in origin countries, that help migrants and their relatives to co-create/maintain their livelihoods has been overlooked. Drawing on data from Ghanaian migrants in the UK who send in-kind remittances, their relatives in Ghana who receive in-kind remittances, Ghanaian migrant-owned shipping businesses in the UK and their partners in Ghana, this paper fills that gap in the literature by discussing the operation of ‘door-to-door’ shipping businesses as a type of crucial transnational migrant entrepreneurship that empowers migrants from the 'Global South' and their relatives to overcome transnational livelihood making challenges
Agriculture · Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Geography · Globalization · Livelihood · Migrant workers · Political science · Remittance · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |