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International Journal of Political
Science and Development
Vol. 6(8), pp. 269-274, December, 2018.
DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2018.060
ISSN: 2360-784X
Review
Economic
impact of south Sudanese refugees on the host communities of Itangworeda:
A case study of Kule Refugee camp of Gambella region
Endalkachew Girma
Lecturer
at Mettu University, College of Social Science and Humanities,Mettu,
Ethiopia.Address: phone: +251912822873,
E-mail:doniya.2005@gmail.com
Accepted
19 November 2018
A multi-method qualitative approach was adopted in order to collect
adequate data informants from refugees, host communities and officials
from the camp and field observation, which increase reliability. These
were done to substantiate their views, opinions and comments on the
economic boom of the south Sudanese refugees on the host communities
Gambella region. On the other hand, secondary sources were used in order
to address the basic objectives of the research. To this end, the study
used snowball sampling technique for collecting data from the study
area. The findings of this study indicate that the presence of refugees
in the region has both negative and positive impacts. As the findings
show, the presence of South Sudanese refugees are having economic
impacts have been positive such as new job opportunity, small business
activity and availability of market for local farmers around the refugee
camp. Finally, the study comes up with the conclusion that the positive
impacts of refugees are found to be greater than its negative impacts.
Keywords:
Kule Refugee camp, Terfam, Sambussa,
Cite this article as:
Girma, E. (2018). Economic impact of south Sudanese refugees on the host
communities of Itangworeda: A case study of Kule Refugee camp of
Gambella region. Int. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 6(8) 269-274
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