Displaced livelihoods in Sri Lanka: An economic analysis

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 502-524

  Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai ^a   Lakshman, Rajith W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Conflict induced displacement (CID); Coping strategies; Internally displaced persons (IDPs); Livelihoods; Sri Lanka; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORCED MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; VULNERABILITY;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 77950625501     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fep031     Document Type: Article

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