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John O. Oucho presents the interrelated patterns of development and internal migration patterns and trends, hypothesizing their relationship in Kenya. Much of human activity is limited to the wetter, densely settled parts, the drier parts occupied by forests and national parks or game reserves. In the past four decades, three provinces have been net in-migration regions, the remaining five, net out-migration areas, consistently influencing and being influenced by regional development status.
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It is important to bear in mind that the lifetime migration figures are cumulative and do not indicate exactly that migration occurred during an inter-censal period.
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Presents interrelated patterns of development and internal migration trends in Kenya
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Oucho, J. Migration and Regional Development in Kenya. Development 50, 88–93 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100425
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