Jacobsen, K. (2005). The Economic Life of Refugees. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press.

This study attempts to document and analyse the livelihood experiences of refugees by drawing on the findings of experts and the growing body of livelihood research in humanitarian situations. The author explores how migration theory can be applied to the study of refugees and presents economic behaviour and impact of refugee movements from a variety of social science perspectives. She follows refugees who leave their first country of asylum and travel to third countries either through resettlement or as asylum seekers and examines the effect of their country of origin conditions on their ability to pursue livelihoods and emerge from poverty. The book ends with a discussion of ways in which the international refugee assistance could better support refugee livelihoods, and proposes a model for refugee policy that takes into account the politic

Contents:

• Introduction: Displaced Livelihoods.
• Economic Survival in Refugee Camps.
• Urban Refugees.
• Beyond the Country of First Asylum: Refugees in Third Countries.
• Can Humanitarian Programs Support the Livelihoods of the Displaced?
• Supporting the Livelihoods of Refugees: A Model for Refugee Assistance.