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This chapter concludes this study by summarizing the results of the book and placing them in their larger context. We draw some general conclusions concerning the relationship between migration, translocality , and “(rural) development” and give answers to the following questions:
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Do translocal livelihoods have a balancing effect on structural inequality ? (Sect. 7.1)
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Is the translocality of livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa a temporary phenomenon? (Sect. 7.2)
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Is the translocality of livelihoods a problem of “(rural) development” or a solution for it? (Sect. 7.3)
At the end of this book, we advocate for a translocal awareness in development practice in order to make translocal development possible.
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As the UN (2018: 4) states: “Migration should always be a choice and not a necessity.” This holds true for translocality , too.
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Steinbrink, M., Niedenführ, H. (2020). Translocal Development?. In: Africa on the Move. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22841-5_7
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