Strategies of invisibilization: How Ethiopia's resettlement programme hides the poorest of the poor

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 517-536

  Hammond, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Food insecurity; Invisibility; Resettlement

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; STAKEHOLDER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 57249084764     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fen041     Document Type: Article

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