Do Refugee Camps Help or Hurt Hosts? : The Case of Kakuma, Kenya

We combine nighttime lights data, official statistics, and new household survey data from northern Kenya in order to assess the impact of long-term refugee camps on host populations. The nighttime lights estimates show that refugee inflows increase economic activity in areas very close to Kakuma ref...

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Main Authors: Alix-Garcia, Jennifer, Walker, Sarah, Bartlett, Anne
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29341