Refugee economies : forced displacement and development / Alexander Betts, Louise Bloom, Josiah Kaplan, and Naohiko Omata.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Betts, Alexander, 1980- author.

Bloom, Louise, 1983- author.

Kaplan, Josiah David, 1983- author.

Omata, Naohiko, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Economic conditions.

Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

This work explores the economic lives of refugees. It looks at what shapes the production, consumption, finance, and exchange activities of refugees, to explain variation in economic outcomes for refugees themselves.

Contents:

Introduction

The history of refugees and development

Refugee economies

Research methodology

Urban areas

Protracted refugee camps

Emergency refugee camps

The role of innovation

The role of business

Conclusion

Appendix A: regressions on income

Appendix B: regressions on urban-rural selection.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 9, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-251522-5

0-19-183698-2