Displaced livelihoods

Stepputat, F. (2002) The Final Move Displaced Livelihoods and Collective Returns in Peru and Guatemala. Pp. 202-24... 

Keywords refugees, forced migrants, displaced livelihoods, livelihoods, poverty, social exclusion theory, forced migration, refiigee camps, civil... 

Keywords displacement, livelihoods, environmental stress, power, environment, mobility decisions, climate change, Bangladesh,... 

All these losses put forced migrants at an economic disadvantage upon arrival. Over time, unless they can recover their livelihoods, they are at risk of further impoverishment However, recuperating asset losses after displacement can be extremely difficult, because of the social exclusion at work in the host country context... 

Boano, C., Zetter, R., and Morris, T. (2008) Environmentally Displaced People Understanding the Linkages between Environmental Change, Livelihoods and Forced Migration. Forced Migration Policy Briefing 1, Oxford Refiigees Studies Centre. 

This chapter examines apolitical mono-causal depictions of cBmate-induced displacement by focusing on communities whose livelihoods are different affected by processes of environmental stress on the basis of their position within diverse systems of power. More specificalfy, it considers how the environment influences mobility decisions in the context of environmental stress such as climate change. It looks at the experiences of four countries—Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Ghana—to illustrate how (im)mobility decisions in terms of stractures of political and social power and disempowerment affect the livelihoods of vulnerable households. It also discusses how the exercise of power differs across different social groups and concludes with a reflection on the legitimizatiDn, maintenance, and contestation of power structures. 

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