Drawing upon original data collected in camps and cities across East Africa, The Refugee Trap: The Economics of Displacement shows that refugees confront a series of poverty traps that make them systematically worse off compared to citizens. These relate to trauma, dispossession, uprootedness, and rights. By understanding the mechanisms underlying these traps, we can in turn identify the policy interventions needed to support restoration, and thereby address the sources of economic disadvantage that result from forced displacement.
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