Economic Consequences of Forced Displacement

The Economic Consequences of Forced Displacement

Currently, nearly 44 million people around the world are forcibly displaced. This displacement is due to a number of factors, including weather shocks in New Orleans and Indonesia and conflict in Afghanistan and Libya. Researchers have posited that the effect of this movement has led to severe impacts on the populations, but due to estimation and data difficulties, little is known about the cau...

The Consequences of Forced Displacement in Northern Uganda

Over 21 million people are currently forced to live in internally displaced person camps around the world, the majority already from low income areas. The effect of this movement has meant a severe impact on the populations, but due to estimation and data difficulties, little is known about the impact of this movement on livelihoods and health. A data set on households and communities in a conf...

Forced Displacement From Rental Housing: Prevalence and Neighborhood Consequences.

Drawing on novel survey data of Milwaukee renters, this study documents the prevalence of involuntary displacement from housing and estimates its consequences for neighborhood selection. More than one in eight Milwaukee renters experienced an eviction or other kind of forced move in the previous two years. Multivariate analyses suggest that renters who experienced a forced move relocate to poor...

Assessing the Forced Displacement

Refugees, Forced Displacement, and War1

Programmatic Success in High Risk Settings In August 1999, Denver Public Health (DPH) began offering hepatitis B vaccine to adults at high risk in the public STD clinic. Initial funding for the vaccine was first allocated by the Denver City Council. Patients were asked if they had a history of hepatitis B vaccination or disease and questioned about risk behavior; no serologic screening was done...