The Effect of Refugee Inflows on Host Communities

Despite the large and growing number of humanitarian emergencies, there is little economic research on the impact of refugees and internally displaced people on the communities that receive them. This analysis of the impact of the refugee inflows from Burundi and Rwanda in 1993 and 1994 on host popu...

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Main Authors:	Alix-Garcia, Jennifer, Saah, David
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	agriculture cassava cooking flour food food aid food distribution food for work food policy food prices food production food rations food requirements food security legumes maize rice sweet potatoes wheat world food programme
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4518

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spelling	okr-10986-45182021-04-23T14:02:18Z The Effect of Refugee Inflows on Host Communities Alix-Garcia, Jennifer Saah, David agriculture cassava cooking flour food food aid food distribution food for work food policy food prices food production food rations food requirements food security legumes maize rice sweet potatoes wheat world food programme Despite the large and growing number of humanitarian emergencies, there is little economic research on the impact of refugees and internally displaced people on the communities that receive them. This analysis of the impact of the refugee inflows from Burundi and Rwanda in 1993 and 1994 on host populations in western Tanzania shows large increases in the prices of nonaid food items and more modest price effects for aid-related food items. Food aid is shown to mitigate these effects, though its impact is smaller than that of the increases in the refugee population. Examination of household assets suggests positive wealth effects of refugee camps on nearby rural households and negative wealth effects on households in urban areas. 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2010-02-15 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4518 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Journal Article Africa Tanzania
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spellingShingle	agriculture cassava cooking flour food food aid food distribution food for work food policy food prices food production food rations food requirements food security legumes maize rice sweet potatoes wheat world food programme Alix-Garcia, Jennifer Saah, David The Effect of Refugee Inflows on Host Communities
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description	Despite the large and growing number of humanitarian emergencies, there is little economic research on the impact of refugees and internally displaced people on the communities that receive them. This analysis of the impact of the refugee inflows from Burundi and Rwanda in 1993 and 1994 on host populations in western Tanzania shows large increases in the prices of nonaid food items and more modest price effects for aid-related food items. Food aid is shown to mitigate these effects, though its impact is smaller than that of the increases in the refugee population. Examination of household assets suggests positive wealth effects of refugee camps on nearby rural households and negative wealth effects on households in urban areas.
format	Journal Article
author	Alix-Garcia, Jennifer Saah, David
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title	The Effect of Refugee Inflows on Host Communities
title_short	The Effect of Refugee Inflows on Host Communities
title_full	The Effect of Refugee Inflows on Host Communities
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title_full_unstemmed	The Effect of Refugee Inflows on Host Communities
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The Effect of Refugee Inflows on Host Communities

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