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Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access originally published online on May 3, 2007
Journal of Refugee Studies 2007 20(3):461-480; doi:10.1093/jrs/fem001
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Refugee Camp Economies

Eric Werker

Harvard Business School, Soldiers Field, Boston, Massachusetts 02163, USA ewerker{at}hbs.edu

This paper describes the economy of a refugee camp. Key distortions to the economy of Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Uganda are noted and the findings are used to construct a generic model of a refugee camp economy. Camp economies are influenced by host country policies, such as restrictions on refugees’ movement and work, as well as by the physical and economic isolation of the site. Moreover, market outcomes interact with the nature of humanitarian assistance and the special demographic composition of the refugees to determine the prices and quantities that characterize the market. An awareness of the dynamics of the refugee camp economy has important implications for practitioners and scholars alike.

Key Words: refugee camps • refugee economics • refugee camp markets • refugee welfare • livelihoods


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