The Geography of Displacement, Refugees’ Camps and Social Conflicts

The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, the authors analyze the geographical dimension of refugee camps in Africa by shedding light on the heterogeneous location patterns of hosting camps across countries as well as the economic settings in whic...

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Main Authors: Coniglio, Nicola Daniele, Peragine, Vitorocco, Vurchio, Davide
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/832121648043706062/The-Geography-of-Displacement-Refugees-Camps-and-Social-Conflicts
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spelling okr-10986-372072022-03-25T05:10:41Z The Geography of Displacement, Refugees’ Camps and Social Conflicts Coniglio, Nicola Daniele Peragine, Vitorocco Vurchio, Davide FORCED DISPLACEMENT REFUGEE CAMPS SOCIAL CONFLICTS WAR REFUGEE DIVERSITY UNHCR DATABASE REFUGEE PROTESTS The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, the authors analyze the geographical dimension of refugee camps in Africa by shedding light on the heterogeneous location patterns of hosting camps across countries as well as the economic settings in which refugee camps are situated, which allows us to identify the main determinants of such patterns. Second, the authors investigate the effects of hosting refugees in camps on the occurrence of protests and social conflicts, by using geo-referenced panel data from a large sample of African countries between 2000 and 2014. The main analysis is performed by using 50x50 km cells as units of analysis, GDELT and GED data on the frequency of protests, armed conflicts and other organized violence events and data from UNHCR Camp Mapping Database. By using a counterfactual empirical strategy, the authors find that refugee camps significantly increase the occurrence of protests only in the first two years while no significant effect is detected in the subsequent years. The authors do not find evidence of any effect of camps location on the frequency of violence events resulting in casualties. Moreover, by performing a highly detailed analysis with GHSL data the authors find that the presence of camps on average positively affects economic growth. 2022-03-24T14:29:25Z 2022-03-24T14:29:25Z 2022-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/832121648043706062/The-Geography-of-Displacement-Refugees-Camps-and-Social-Conflicts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37207 English Policy Research Working Paper;9983 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa
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topic FORCED DISPLACEMENT
REFUGEE CAMPS
SOCIAL CONFLICTS
WAR
REFUGEE DIVERSITY
UNHCR DATABASE
REFUGEE PROTESTS
spellingShingle FORCED DISPLACEMENT
REFUGEE CAMPS
SOCIAL CONFLICTS
WAR
REFUGEE DIVERSITY
UNHCR DATABASE
REFUGEE PROTESTS
Coniglio, Nicola Daniele
Peragine, Vitorocco
Vurchio, Davide
The Geography of Displacement, Refugees’ Camps and Social Conflicts
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relation Policy Research Working Paper;9983
description The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, the authors analyze the geographical dimension of refugee camps in Africa by shedding light on the heterogeneous location patterns of hosting camps across countries as well as the economic settings in which refugee camps are situated, which allows us to identify the main determinants of such patterns. Second, the authors investigate the effects of hosting refugees in camps on the occurrence of protests and social conflicts, by using geo-referenced panel data from a large sample of African countries between 2000 and 2014. The main analysis is performed by using 50x50 km cells as units of analysis, GDELT and GED data on the frequency of protests, armed conflicts and other organized violence events and data from UNHCR Camp Mapping Database. By using a counterfactual empirical strategy, the authors find that refugee camps significantly increase the occurrence of protests only in the first two years while no significant effect is detected in the subsequent years. The authors do not find evidence of any effect of camps location on the frequency of violence events resulting in casualties. Moreover, by performing a highly detailed analysis with GHSL data the authors find that the presence of camps on average positively affects economic growth.
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author Coniglio, Nicola Daniele
Peragine, Vitorocco
Vurchio, Davide
author_facet Coniglio, Nicola Daniele
Peragine, Vitorocco
Vurchio, Davide
author_sort Coniglio, Nicola Daniele
title The Geography of Displacement, Refugees’ Camps and Social Conflicts
title_short The Geography of Displacement, Refugees’ Camps and Social Conflicts
title_full The Geography of Displacement, Refugees’ Camps and Social Conflicts
title_fullStr The Geography of Displacement, Refugees’ Camps and Social Conflicts
title_full_unstemmed The Geography of Displacement, Refugees’ Camps and Social Conflicts
title_sort geography of displacement, refugees’ camps and social conflicts
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/832121648043706062/The-Geography-of-Displacement-Refugees-Camps-and-Social-Conflicts
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