Resettlement and the unnoticed losers: Impoverishment disasters among the Gumz in Ethiopia

Human Organization

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-61

  Gebre, Yntiso ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Displacement; Ethiopia; Gumz (Gumuz); Metekel; Resettlement

Indexed keywords

POVERTY DETERMINANT; REFUGEE; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ETHIOPIA; METEKEL;

EID: 0037368996     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.62.1.4ava5ykea9p0vk10     Document Type: Article

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