Migration, Livelihoods and Institutions: Contrasting Patterns of Migration in Mali

Migration is a common and essential livelihood strategy in the risk-prone environment of Sahelian West Africa. But migration is not a passive reaction to economic and environmental forces. Patterns of movement are determined by context-specific and complex dynamics, mediated by social networks, gend...

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Published inThe Journal of development studies Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 37 - 58
Main Authors de Haan, Arjan, Brock, Karen, Coulibaly, Ngolo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.06.2002
Taylor and Francis Journals
Taylor & Francis Ltd
SeriesThe Journal of Development Studies
Subjects
Africa
Development studies
Ethnic groups
Family Structure
IDS-based research
Income
Institutions
Labour
Livelihood
Mali
Migration
Migration Patterns
Opposite Sex Relations
Rural areas
Sahel
Sahelian West Africa
Social Networks
Stability
West Africa
Mali
Cote d'Ivoire
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Summary:Migration is a common and essential livelihood strategy in the risk-prone environment of Sahelian West Africa. But migration is not a passive reaction to economic and environmental forces. Patterns of movement are determined by context-specific and complex dynamics, mediated by social networks, gender relations and household structures. IDS-based research on sustainable livelihoods illustrated this in two locations in Mali: in a village in the Sahelian dryland with different and gendered migration patterns of various ethnic groups; and exceptional patterns in the Sudano-Sahelian cotton region with extensive and long-lasting engagement in small cocoa and coffee plantations in Côte d'Ivoire.
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ISSN:0022-0388
1743-9140
DOI:10.1080/00220380412331322501