Economic Conditions of Displacement, 2015

The conditions of displacement consist of a multitude of transformations that have a negative effect for a number of people affected while simultaneously generate an economy of survival and productivity for others. Understanding this requires a broad intellectual reflection on how the dynamics and patterns of inclusion and exclusion emerges, how the displaced population defined their own livelihood strategies in the new environment and what effect this had for the formal and the informal labour market that existed in local host communities. This project seeked to contribute to the state of the art of displacement and refugee studies through a series of case-studies. Data was collected in Nakivale refugee settlement in Uganda. It has two parts: Refugees and Nationals. The data is representative of the residents in the settlement area.