Displacement Economies in Africa Paradoxes of Crisis and Creativity

• Other Authors: Hammar, Amanda (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala; London The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) 2014
• Series: Africa Now
• Subjects: Migration, immigration & emigration; Armed conflict; Sub-Saharan Africa; Displaced persons; Refugees; Economic conditions; Labour mobility; Forced migration; Social conflicts; Case studies; Africa south of Sahara; Livelihood
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Large-scale displacement - whether caused by war, state-related political or development projects, different forms of political violence, structural crisis, or even natural disasters - evokes many stereotyped assumptions about those forcibly displaced or emplaced. At the same time there is a problem...