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    The interaction between informal land markets and ruralurban migration

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    If accessing urban land through informal markets is one feature that characterises being poor in South Africa’s cities, another is migration. However, very little is known about how informal land markets influence migration patterns and how migration patterns shape informal land markets.
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    50 years of urbanization in Africa: examining the role of climate change

    World Bank, 2014
    For the last 50 years, much of Africa has experienced a decline in moisture availability with the strongest decline happening in areas that were already relatively dry. This trend has affected agricultural productivity and contributed to increased urban migration.
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    Migrant unrest in china: an analysis

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2011
    China’s rising economic power is a constant irritant for the world at large; however, its lopsided growth has become an area of major concern for the Chinese government as well.
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    In their own words: assessment of satisfaction with residential location among migrants in Nairobi slums

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011
    Using qualitative data collected from a sample of rural-urban migrants over the age of 15 in two Nairobi slums interviewed in 2008, this paper discusses the migrants’ extent of satisfaction with their residential location and decision to migrate.
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    Circular migration patterns and determinants in Nairobi slum settlements

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010
    This paper measures migration flows and determinants in two slum settlements in Nairobi City between 2003 and 2007. The results confirm the high intensity of migration with a quarter of the total slum population and a third of those aged 15-30 being renewed annually.
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    Overview of migration, poverty and health dynamics in Nairobi City's slum settlements

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011
    The Urbanization, Poverty, and Health Dynamics research program was designed to generate and provide the evidence base that would help governments, development partners, and other stakeholders understand how the urban slum context affects health outcomes in order to stimulate policy and action for uplifting the wellbeing of slum residents.
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    On the margin: Kenya’s pastoralists. From displacement to solutions, a conceptual study on the internal displacement of pastoralists

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014
    Pastoralism is a global phenomenon. In Africa, where 66 per cent of is used for pastoral production, it is recognised as part of the continent’s cultural heritage. More than just a means of production, it is a way of life intrinsically linked to the identity of the individuals and communities that practise it.
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    Judicial reviews: an innovative mechanism to enforce human rights in Latin America | ELLA

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Through ground-breaking rulings, judges in Latin America are driving social change by ordering governments to restore and enforce human rights.
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    Environmentally-induced displacement and human security

    Social Science Research Network, 2013
    Every year, at least tens of millions of people on all continents are forced to leave their places of residence. The predominant cause is the occurrence of natural disasters, creating the most dynamic category of internal displacement. According to IDMC estimates, natural disasters expelled 42 million people from their homes in 2010 and 14 million people in 2011.
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    Women who go, women who stay: reactions to climate change

    Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2010
    This study investigates the different ways in which women and men are affected by the impacts from climate change, and possible differences in the resulting migration strategies.

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