The Effects of Internally Displaced Peoples on Consumption and Inequality in Mali

A series of civil conflicts in Mali has generated more than 346,000 internally displaced people (UNHCR, 2020). This study estimates the effect of conflict-generated internal displacement on consumption, poverty, and inequality in host communities....

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Main Authors: Foltz, Jeremy, Shibuya, Sakina
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099012105182212190/IDU17ec2687314aa31482219ba01b58ebe2daebb
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spelling okr-10986-374642022-05-21T05:10:35Z The Effects of Internally Displaced Peoples on Consumption and Inequality in Mali Foltz, Jeremy Shibuya, Sakina INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT CIVIL CONFLICT INEQUALITY POVERTY TEMPORARY DISPLACEMENT INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IMPACT ETHNIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC MITIGATION OF IDP CONSUMPTION RATE OF REFUGEE HOSTS HOST COUNTRY A series of civil conflicts in Mali has generated more than 346,000 internally displaced people (UNHCR, 2020). This study estimates the effect of conflict-generated internal displacement on consumption, poverty, and inequality in host communities. Using comprehensive nationwide household survey data this study finds that wealth at the commune and household level is non-decreasing in IDP hosting communes relative to non-IDP host communes. This study also finds some partial evidence of increasing consumption at the household level although inequality and poverty at the commune level remain the same. The evidence suggests a fairly successful hosting and aid process in Mali for IDPs in terms of mitigating economic disruption for host communities. 2022-05-20T19:04:54Z 2022-05-20T19:04:54Z 2022-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099012105182212190/IDU17ec2687314aa31482219ba01b58ebe2daebb http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37464 English Policy Research Working Papers;10054 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Western and Central (AFW) Africa Mali
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topic INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT
CIVIL CONFLICT
INEQUALITY
POVERTY
TEMPORARY DISPLACEMENT
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IMPACT
ETHNIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC MITIGATION OF IDP
CONSUMPTION RATE OF REFUGEE HOSTS
HOST COUNTRY
spellingShingle INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT
CIVIL CONFLICT
INEQUALITY
POVERTY
TEMPORARY DISPLACEMENT
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IMPACT
ETHNIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC MITIGATION OF IDP
CONSUMPTION RATE OF REFUGEE HOSTS
HOST COUNTRY
Foltz, Jeremy
Shibuya, Sakina
The Effects of Internally Displaced Peoples on Consumption and Inequality in Mali
geographic_facet Africa Western and Central (AFW)
Africa
Mali
relation Policy Research Working Papers;10054
description A series of civil conflicts in Mali has generated more than 346,000 internally displaced people (UNHCR, 2020). This study estimates the effect of conflict-generated internal displacement on consumption, poverty, and inequality in host communities. Using comprehensive nationwide household survey data this study finds that wealth at the commune and household level is non-decreasing in IDP hosting communes relative to non-IDP host communes. This study also finds some partial evidence of increasing consumption at the household level although inequality and poverty at the commune level remain the same. The evidence suggests a fairly successful hosting and aid process in Mali for IDPs in terms of mitigating economic disruption for host communities.
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author Foltz, Jeremy
Shibuya, Sakina
author_facet Foltz, Jeremy
Shibuya, Sakina
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title The Effects of Internally Displaced Peoples on Consumption and Inequality in Mali
title_short The Effects of Internally Displaced Peoples on Consumption and Inequality in Mali
title_full The Effects of Internally Displaced Peoples on Consumption and Inequality in Mali
title_fullStr The Effects of Internally Displaced Peoples on Consumption and Inequality in Mali
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Internally Displaced Peoples on Consumption and Inequality in Mali
title_sort effects of internally displaced peoples on consumption and inequality in mali
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099012105182212190/IDU17ec2687314aa31482219ba01b58ebe2daebb
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