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Livelihood Networks and Decision-making Among Congolese Young People in Formal and Informal Refugee Contexts in Uganda

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  • Christina Clark

    (Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford)

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Refugee young people who are without their biological parents are often assumed to be among the most disempowered members of displaced populations. This paper interrogates this assumption by exploring Congolese young people�s access to decision-making in a variety of household contexts in Kampala and Kyaka II refugee settlement, western Uganda. Using a network approach to household and family, research findings reveal shrinking networks, increasing delinkage between household and family, and a greater importance of households in the refugee context. These changes have resulted in the advent of households headed by young people and composed of young peers, as well as an increasing number of young people who are members of households outside of traditional family networks. Contrary to assumptions in much of the refugee literature, policy and programming, young people in these situations have greater access to decision-making at household, community and policy levels, thus showing that conflict-induced displacement has created opportunities as well as challenges for some refugee young people.

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  • Christina Clark, 2006. "Livelihood Networks and Decision-making Among Congolese Young People in Formal and Informal Refugee Contexts in Uganda," HiCN Working Papers 13, Households in Conflict Network.
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    1. Christina Rose Clark-Kazak, 2009. "Towards a Working Definition and Application of Social Age in International Development Studies," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(8), pages 1307-1324.
    2. Lina M. Sánchez-Céspedes, 2017. "The consequences of armed conflict on household composition," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(3), pages 276-302, July.
    3. Patricia Justino, 2012. "Shared Societies and Armed Conflict: Costs, Inequality and the Benefits of Peace," HiCN Working Papers 125, Households in Conflict Network.
    4. Patricia Justino, 2009. "The Impact of Armed Civil Conflict on Household Welfare and Policy Responses," HiCN Working Papers 61, Households in Conflict Network.
    5. Tilman Brück & Kati Schindler, 2008. "The Impact of Conflict and Fragility on Households: A Conceptual Framework with Reference to Widows," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2008-83, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    6. Patricia Justino, 2006. "On the Links between Violent Conflict and Chronic Poverty: How Much Do We Really Know?," HiCN Working Papers 18, Households in Conflict Network.

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