Despite mixed empirical evidence, refugees have been blamed for spreading conflict in the countries that receive them. This paper hypothesizes that such a relationship largely depends on the resulting change in ethnic composition of refugee-hosting areas. To test this, this paper investigates changes in diversity in refugee-hosting areas across 23 countries in sub-Saharan Africa between 2005 and 2016. The paper then assesses the likelihood of conflict...
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2022/05/18
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS10052
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2022/05/18
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Refugees, Diversity and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bertinelli,Luisito; Comertpay,Rana; Maystadt,Jean-François.
Refugees, Diversity and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10052 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099935405182291733