The Effects of Internally Displaced Peoples on Consumption and Inequality in Mali
A series of civil conflicts in Mali has generated more than 346,000 internally displaced people (UNHCR, 2020). This study estimates the effect of conflict-generated internal displacement on consumption, poverty, and inequality in host communities....
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099012105182212190/IDU17ec2687314aa31482219ba01b58ebe2daebb http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37464 |
| Summary: | A series of civil conflicts in Mali
has generated more than 346,000 internally displaced people
(UNHCR, 2020). This study estimates the effect of
conflict-generated internal displacement on consumption,
poverty, and inequality in host communities. Using
comprehensive nationwide household survey data this study
finds that wealth at the commune and household level is
non-decreasing in IDP hosting communes relative to non-IDP
host communes. This study also finds some partial evidence
of increasing consumption at the household level although
inequality and poverty at the commune level remain the same.
The evidence suggests a fairly successful hosting and aid
process in Mali for IDPs in terms of mitigating economic
disruption for host communities. |
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