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The Causes and Policy Responses to Forced Migration and Environmental Degradation in Africa

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  • Jean-Francois Maystadt

    (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, FNRS, LIDAM/IRES-UC Louvain, Louvain, Belgium)

  • Ashok K. Mishra

    (Morrison School of Agribusiness, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Mesa, Arizona, USA)

  • Valerie Mueller

    (School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA)

  • Matthew Smoldt

    (School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA)

Abstract

Forced migration has a complex relationship with the environment. The type of policy responses required to alleviate distress migration and improve the livelihoods of involuntary migrants while preserving the environment for broader society will vary by context. We highlight the need to better identify the related mechanisms underlying forced migration and their practices in receiving areas in an attempt to self-integrate. Implementation of safety net programs has risen. Such programs have the potential to promote migration as a risk management strategy and disincentivize the adoption of poor environmental practices in receiving areas. We discuss how available satellite data combined with machine learning approaches open new opportunities to discover solutions to the migration-related environmental issues of Africa.

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  • Jean-Francois Maystadt & Ashok K. Mishra & Valerie Mueller & Matthew Smoldt, 2024. "The Causes and Policy Responses to Forced Migration and Environmental Degradation in Africa," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 16(1), pages 301-322, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:anr:reseco:v:16:y:2024:p:301-322
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-101123-100528
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    Keywords

    forced migration; Africa; internal migration; refugees; environmental policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • F5 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • R52 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Land Use and Other Regulations
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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