Africa's displaced population: dependency or self-sufficiency?

Rogge, John R.; Clarke, John

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511898402.007

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“…Botswana's programme for assistance to refugees included agricultural schemes, fisheries and handicraft projects and seasonal wage labour opportunities. The varied forms of assistance for the large numbers of refugees in the Sudan include rural land settlements, rural wage-earning settlements and suburban settlements (Karadawi, 1983;Rogge, 1985). Overall, these are encouraging results in which an important degree of selfsufficiency among refugees has been achieved.…”

Section: Assistance To Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Formally organized assistance to refugees in Africa has a modern history of nearly a quarter century. Several noteworthy successful efforts of settling and integrating refugees into the local host communities exist and are described in general terms by Rogge (1985). In Tanzania, assistance to refugees from Rwanda and Burundi and pre-independence Mozambique has contributed to a high degree of self-sufficiency.…”

Section: Assistance To Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Linking Popular Initiative and Aid Agencies: The Case of Refugees

Mazur¹

1987

Development and Change

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Section: Assistance To Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Assistance To Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Linking Popular Initiative and Aid Agencies: The Case of Refugees

Mazur¹

1987

Development and Change

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“…The world’s largest refugee complex of Dadaab, Kenya, hosts 10,000 third-generation camp residents (UNCHR, 2013, p. 34). Ever more drawn-out conflicts are making temporary refugee camps increasingly permanent (Rogge, 1985, p. 96; Bookman, 2002, p. 18).…”

Section: Sezs Applied To Refugee Campsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are precedents in the past of countries welcoming refugees on the basis of self-sufficiency. For instance, when in 1974, the refugees of the Etsha settlement in Botswana became self-sufficient, the Botswanan Government offered them citizenship (Rogge, 1985, p. 74). In 1980, Tanzania similarly granted citizenships to tens of thousands of refugees mostly from Rwanda, after they had become self-sufficient (Rogge, 1985, p. 77).…”

Section: How R-sezs Lead To Refugee Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Refugee special economic zones

Moberg¹,

Reil

2018

JEPP

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show how special economic zones (SEZs) can be applied to refugee camps. Zones are powerful tools for investors to act like institutional entrepreneurs, who promote institutional reform by pursuing exemptions from government constraints and taxes or by advocating for reform. Refugee SEZs (R-SEZs) would similarly allow for institutional entrepreneurs to promote broader immigration reform. Design/methodology/approach The authors apply a political economy framework to R-SEZs that explores the factors that make them feasible. A mathematical model is applied to explicitly define the conditions under which the zones could succeed in benefiting refugees, investors and the host economy alike. Findings Under certain conditions, appropriate tax rates can be applied to R-SEZs that make them feasible. Feasibility is determined by being beneficial for the host country while also attracting investors. The zones are feasible if they attract enough foreign investors as opposed to domestic investors. Other factors contributing to zone success are higher wages outside the zone, lower wages inside it, higher cost to the government of non-employed refugees, lower relocation cost for businesses and a higher tax rate outside the zone. Practical implications This policy would aim to provide job opportunities to refugees, profit opportunities to investors and lower net costs for the host government. R-SEZs should be considered by policy makers in countries hosting refugee camps. Just like the old model of SEZs, they can benefit workers while also enhancing the government’s budget. Social implications R-SEZs have the potential to alleviate the refugee crisis the world is facing, which is arguably one of the largest social challenges of our time. Originality/value This paper is the first to outline the political economy conditions for SEZs applied to refugee camps.

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“…However, naturalisation programmes and resettlement schemes have been problematic (Bascom, 1991;Daley, 1991;Gasarasi, 1990a;Gorman, 1986). There is also little doubt that despite the potential benefits which a refugee population can infer upon a host country and its population (Kibreab, 1985;Rogge, 19856;Smythe, 1987), the sheer numbers involved preclude large-scale permanent settlement. For the relatively small numbers who can be included, the option is also expensive (Harrell-Bond, 1989).…”

Section: The End Of the Refugee Cyclementioning

confidence: 99%