The Impacts of Refugees on Neighboring Countries : A Development Challenge

This brief focuses on the period of displacement and seeks to outline the impact of refugees on neighboring countries, including the developmental implications of forced displacement. The study has two main sections. The first section describes trends in the distribution of refugees in asylum countries. A series of graphs and tables highlights the fact that the largest percentage of refugees is found in countries neighboring their country of origin, most of which are middle-income countries. The second section discusses how neighboring countries that host refugees for protracted periods experience long-term economic, social, political, and environmental impacts. Furthermore, it also shows that in terms of the impacts and the opportunities that the presence of refugees create, there can be winners and losers among both the displaced and their hosts. Finally, this brief presents examples of global experience of development interventions that have focused on mitigating the negative aspects of large-scale and protracted displacement and strengthening the productive capacities of refugees in host countries.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2010-07-29
Subjects:	ACCOUNT, ARMED CONFLICTS, ARMED FORCES, ASYLUM, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, BATTLES, BILATERAL RELATIONS, BORDER REGIONS, BOUNDARY, CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT, CITIZENS, CIVIL CONFLICT, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL WAR, CIVIL WARS, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMBATANTS, CONFLICT PREVENTION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, CRISES, DEBT, DEPENDENCE, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DISEASES, DISPLACEMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EMBASSIES, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ETHNIC BALANCE, ETHNIC GROUP, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXPLOITATION, EXTERNAL FINANCING, FAMILIES, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY STRUCTURES, FIGHTING, FORCED MIGRATION, FRONTIER, GENDER RELATIONS, GOVERNMENT CAPACITY, GROSS NATIONAL INCOME, GROUNDWATER, HEALTH SERVICES, HOME COUNTRIES, HOST COUNTRIES, HOST COUNTRY, HOST SOCIETY, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, HUMAN SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN AID, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, IMF, INCOME GENERATING PROJECTS, INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES, INFLUX OF REFUGEES, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW, INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKETS, LARGE POPULATION, LIFE CYCLE, LIMITED RESOURCES, LITERACY, LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, LOCAL ECONOMY, LOCAL POPULATION, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MASS MIGRATION, MATERIAL RESOURCES, MEDICAL SERVICES, MEETING, MIGRATION POLICY, MILITIA, MULTILATERAL AGENCIES, NATIONAL CONFLICTS, NATIONALS, NATIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NUMBER OF REFUGEES, ORGANIZED CRIME, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PARTNERSHIP, PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS, PEACE, PEACE KEEPING, PLANS OF ACTION, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, POLLUTION, POPULATION DATA, POST -CONFLICT SETTINGS, PRESS RELEASE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PURCHASING POWER, RAPE, REBEL, REBELS, RECONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, REFUGEE, REFUGEE ASSISTANCE, REFUGEE CAMP, REFUGEE CAMPS, REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, REFUGEE LAW, REFUGEE MOVEMENTS, REFUGEE POPULATION, REFUGEE POPULATIONS, REFUGEE PROTECTION, REFUGEE SETTLEMENTS, REFUGEE SITUATION, REFUGEE SITUATIONS, REFUGEE STATUS, REFUGEE WOMEN, REFUGEES, REHABILITATION, REMITTANCE, REMITTANCES, REPATRIATION, RETURNEES, ROAD, RULE OF LAW, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SANITATION, SCARCE RESOURCES, SECURITY SITUATION, SELF-RELIANCE, SERVICE DELIVERY, SEXUAL ABUSE, SKILLED WORKERS, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL CONFLICT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL TENSION, SOCIAL TENSIONS, TEACHING, TERRORISM, TRANSPORTATION, UNDP, UNEMPLOYED YOUTH, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, UNIVERSITIES, URBAN AREAS, URBANIZATION, VIOLENT CONFLICT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, VULNERABILITY, WARS, WATER RESOURCES, WORLD DEVELOPMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/459601468337158089/The-impacts-of-refugees-on-neighboring-countries-a-development-challenge http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27710
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