New journal article by Jean-François Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen, Athur Mabiso, and Joachim Vandercasteelen. Abstract: Most of the world's displaced people are hosted in low-income countries. Focusing on evidence from poor countries, we review the literature on the economic consequences of hosting refugees or internally displaced people. In the short run, violence, environmental degradation, and disease >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Impacts of Hosting Forced Migrants in Poor Countries
New journal article by Jean-François Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen, Athur Mabiso, and Joachim Vandercasteelen. Abstract: Most of the world's displaced people are hosted in low-income countries. Focusing on evidence from poor countries, we review the literature on the economic consequences of hosting refugees or internally displaced people. In the short run, violence, environmental degradation, and disease >> Read more Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopian Strategy Support Program
Rohingya in Bangladesh are surviving – but their long-term prospects are grim
Paul Dorosh and John Hoddinott Note: Join us July 10 as the authors and other participants discuss their survey of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh at an IFPRI policy seminar. It’s been nearly two years since 671,000 Rohingya fled violence and persecution in Myanmar for the safety of Cox’s Bazar, near the southeastern tip of Bangladesh. [Read More...] Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Policy Brief: Responding to conflict: Does “Cash Plus” work for preventing malnutrition? New evidence from an impact evaluation
Sikandra Kurdi, Clemens Breisinger, Hosam Ibrahim, Yashodham Ghorpade, Afrah Al-Ahmadi
An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Two lakh people likely to migrate from coastal areas
Rise in sea level has brought about increased soil salinity that is likely to force nearly 200,000 coastal residents to migrate inland in search of alternative livelihoods, according to a landmark study by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Ohio State University. The study examines, for the first time, the […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
