Socioeconomic Impact of the Crisis in North Mali on Displaced People

This paper analyzes the impact of the 2012 crisis in Mali on internally displaced people, refugees and returnees. It uses information from a face-to-face household survey as well as follow-up interviews with its respondents via mobile phones. This combination was found to present a good and robust way to monitor the impact of conflict on hard-to-reach populations who at times live in areas inaccessible to enumerators. Results indicate that better educated and wealthier households as well as those exposed to less violence fled the crisis. Significant amounts of durable goods (20–60 percent) and animals (75–90 percent) were lost and the welfare of the displaced declined considerably as a result of the crisis. Yet over time its impact has diminished. By February 2015, most eligible children were going to school and employment levels and number of meals consumed were at pre-crisis levels. The paper finds that different ethnic groups chose different places of refuge. Depending on location, the narrative of the crisis and the solutions that are envisaged differ diametrically.

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Main Authors:	Hoogeveen, Johannes G., Etang Ndip, Alvin, Lendorfer, Julia
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-05
Subjects:	PROGRESS, READING, UNEMPLOYMENT, EXISTING POPULATION, DIET, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, ELECTIONS, FOOD SECURITY, FORMAL EDUCATION, POLICIES, MILITARY, SAFE DRINKING WATER, RESOURCE CENTRE, POLICE, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, DEATHS, SCHOOLING, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, MOBILE PHONE, INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES, EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE, REBEL, CIVILIAN POPULATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, ETHNIC GROUPS, VICTIMS, DEATH, RETURNEES, REFUGEE, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, NATION, ETHNIC GROUP, REFUGEES, MASSACRE, NUTRITION, SOLDIERS, POPULATIONS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION, INDEPENDENCE, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, POPULATION INFORMATION, POLICY, FIGHTING, CONFLICT, INTERNATIONAL BANK, REBELS, REFUGEE CAMPS, FOOD INSECURITY, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, REFUGEE HOUSEHOLDS, MINORITY, ARMED CONFLICT, POPULATION CENSUS, CHILDREN, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, SECURITY, RESOLUTION, EDUCATION, DRINKING WATER, WAR, ETHNIC COMPOSITION, REFUGEE CAMP, FEWER PEOPLE, GOVERNMENT CONTROL, DEMOCRACY, PEACEBUILDING, SOCIAL COHESION, POPULATION, CITIZEN, MOBILE PHONES, MIGRATION, UNIVERSITY, RETURNEE, LIVING CONDITIONS, VIOLENCE, TRAUMA, SPECIES, TRUST, POLICY RESEARCH, AGREEMENT, PRIMARY EDUCATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, NEGOTIATIONS, RECONCILIATION, SCHOOL, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, TV, PEACE, ACCOUNT, IMPACT OF CONFLICT, RECONSTRUCTION, ECONOMIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24436850/socioeconomic-impact-crisis-north-mali-displaced-people https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21868
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