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    Migration and Health in SADC - A review of the literature

    International Organization for Migration, 2010
    This review presents a synthesis of published literature relating to migration and health in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). To support this review, a set of key informant interviews with representatives of academic institutions and international organizations working on migration and health in SADC have been undertaken to supplement the findings from the literature.
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    Maternal Migration and Child Well-Being in Peru

    Young Lives, 2009
    Migration affects not only those who migrate, but may also have intergenerational effects on their children. Looking at those mothers with a history of internal migration who are part of the Young Lives project, and comparing them with suitable controls, we find that mothers’ migration has had a positive impact on the nutritional outcomes and cognitive achievement of their offspring.
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    Migration and living conditions in urban slums: implications for food security

    Unnayan Onneshan, 2012
    Migration to urban areas is a regular phenomenon but climate induced displacement forced to migrate to cities over the recent years is a matter of concern. Increased frequency and severity of natural disasters by climate change over the past recent years are not only displacing people physically but also exposing to enhanced poverty by threatening their livelihoods temporarily and permanently.
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    Migration and living conditions in urban slums

    2012
    Migration to urban areas is a regular phenomenon but climate induced forced displacement to to cities, over the recent years, is a matter of concern. Increased frequency and severity of natural disasters by climate change over the past recent years are not only displacing people physically but also exposing them to enhanced poverty by threatening their livelihoods temporarily and permanently.
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    Refugees and IDPs after Conflict: Why They Do Not Go Home

    United States Institute of Peace, 2011
    This report reviews the challenges facing returning refugees and internally displaced persons after protracted conflict, questioning the common wisdom that the solution to displacement is, in almost all cases, to bring those uprooted to their places of origin, regardless of changes in the political, economic, psychological, and physical landscapes.
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    Reconsidering the Role of Conflict in the Lives of Refugees ...

    Microcon, 2011
    Based upon qualitative research with Somali refugees in two European host countries – the UK and the Netherlands -this paper explores the micro-level experiences and ongoing effects of the Somali conflict on their lives in exile. Challenging predominant macro-level framings of refugees in these settings, it supports a micro-level analysis of their experiences and lives.
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    How People Face Evictions: Lessons from people-led initiatives

    Development Planning Unit, University College London [UCL], 2010
    Forced and market-driven evictions are increasing dramatically worldwide, with devastating effects on millions of children, women and men across the globe. Despite this negative trend, however, many people-led initiatives have been successful in addressing this issue and reducing the number of evictions, developing new policies and proving that alternatives to forced eviction can be found.
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    Activity Choices of Internally Displaced Persons and Returnees: Post-War Northern Uganda

    Households in Conflict Network, 2011
    This paper studies the effect of living in an internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp on economic activity choices in post war northern Uganda. As the decision to relocate from a camp is voluntary, camp residents may be different from returnees. The authors find a strong effect of camp residence on activity choices.
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    Riverbank erosion displacees in Bangladesh: need for institutional response and policy intervention

    2011
    Environmental refugees are one of the most burning issues at this time throughout the world. Bangladesh, a riverine country, is suffering from acquit riverbank erosion which compels millions of her population to be displaced from their place of origin. As such, 283 locations, 85 towns and growth centers, along with 2400 kilometers of riverbank line in Bangladesh are vulnerable to erosion.
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    Poverty reduction in a refugee-hosting economy: a natural experiment

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
    The role of migration in reducing poverty in developing countries has been investigated mainly from the perspective of migrants and their relatives. This paper, however, reviews the way hosting households in Tanzania traced between 1991 and 2004, when their region had been affected by massive refugee inflows.

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