The effect of refugee inflows on host communities: Evidence from Tanzania

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-170

  Alix Garcia, Jennifer ^a   Saah, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Spatial Informatics Group LLC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AID; FORCED MIGRATION; HUMANITARIAN AID; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; REFUGEE; RURAL SOCIETY; URBAN AREA;

BURUNDI; RWANDA; TANZANIA;

EID: 77955766506     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhp014     Document Type: Article

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