Impacts of hosting forced migrants in poor countries

Most of the world's displaced people are hosted in low-income countries. Focusing on evidence from poor countries, we review the literature on the economic consequences of hosting refugees or internally displaced people. In the short run, violence, environmental degradation, and disease propagation...

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Autores principales: Maystadt, Jean-François, Hirvonen, Kalle, Mabiso, Athur, Vandercasteelen, Joachim
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Annual Reviews 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147223
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author Maystadt, Jean-François
Hirvonen, Kalle
Mabiso, Athur
Vandercasteelen, Joachim
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description Most of the world's displaced people are hosted in low-income countries. Focusing on evidence from poor countries, we review the literature on the economic consequences of hosting refugees or internally displaced people. In the short run, violence, environmental degradation, and disease propagation are major risks to the host populations. In the long run, infrastructure, trade, and labor markets are key channels that determine the impacts on host communities. These impacts can be positive or negative and often unequally distributed among different hosts. We discuss policy options for building resilience in the light of this evidence. Investments in road infrastructure and deepening trade with refugees’ countries of origin are strategies worth exploring for enhancing resilience and transitioning from humanitarian assistance toward development. Finally, we identify key knowledge gaps in this literature and formulate a research agenda for the near future.
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spelling CGSpace1472232024-10-25T08:03:46Z Impacts of hosting forced migrants in poor countries Maystadt, Jean-François Hirvonen, Kalle Mabiso, Athur Vandercasteelen, Joachim refugees less favoured areas economic impact hosts humanitarian organizations developing countries migrants food security migration poverty resilience Most of the world's displaced people are hosted in low-income countries. Focusing on evidence from poor countries, we review the literature on the economic consequences of hosting refugees or internally displaced people. In the short run, violence, environmental degradation, and disease propagation are major risks to the host populations. In the long run, infrastructure, trade, and labor markets are key channels that determine the impacts on host communities. These impacts can be positive or negative and often unequally distributed among different hosts. We discuss policy options for building resilience in the light of this evidence. Investments in road infrastructure and deepening trade with refugees’ countries of origin are strategies worth exploring for enhancing resilience and transitioning from humanitarian assistance toward development. Finally, we identify key knowledge gaps in this literature and formulate a research agenda for the near future. 2019-06-18 2024-06-21T09:12:23Z 2024-06-21T09:12:23Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147223 en Limited Access Annual Reviews Maystadt, Jean-Francois; Hirvonen, Kalle; Mabiso, Athur; and Vandercasteelen, Joachim. 2019. Impacts of hosting forced migrants in poor countries. Annual Review of Resource Economics 11(October 2019). https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-090518-095629
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food security
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Maystadt, Jean-François
Hirvonen, Kalle
Mabiso, Athur
Vandercasteelen, Joachim
Impacts of hosting forced migrants in poor countries
title Impacts of hosting forced migrants in poor countries
title_full Impacts of hosting forced migrants in poor countries
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title_short Impacts of hosting forced migrants in poor countries
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less favoured areas
economic impact
hosts
humanitarian organizations
developing countries
migrants
food security
migration
poverty
resilience
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