Lessons Learned from Refugee Return Settlement Policies
A Case Study on Burundi's Rural Integrated Villages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12334756 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sonja Fransen (0000-0002-7709-4418, corresponding author), Katie Kuschminder (0000-0001-5071-1060) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-76 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Refugee Survey Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1020-4067 • E-ISSN: 1471-695X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/rsq/hdt023 |
| OpenAlex | W2323923537 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Many former refugees in Africa that return to their country of origin face challenges of (re-)gaining access to land and other assets that are a necessity for building sustainable livelihoods. A policy approach that has often been adopted to solve landlessness for returnees is the concept of villagisation. This article provides an in-depth analysis of Burundi’s Rural Integrated Villages project, which has recently been implemented as an emergency approach to accommodate landless 1972 caseload refugees and other vulnerable populations. By comparing the Rural Integrated Villages project to other villagisation policies in Africa, and the Imidugudu policy that was implemented in Rwanda in the 1990s in particular, this article demonstrates that to date no villagisation policy has been successful in providing long-term, sustainable solutions for landless returnee populations. A successful implementation model for return villages is lacking and long-term evaluations on return villages are scarce, which hampers institutional learning. The article concludes by exploring alternatives to villagisation for returnees and presenting lessons learned for future cases of refugee return
Agriculture · Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Livelihood · Political science · Refugee · Settlement (finance · Socioeconomics · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Finance
Social Engineering for Reintegration
Barahunga Amahoro—They Are Fleeing Peace!’ The Politics of Re-Displacement and Entrenchment in Post-War Burundi
Invisibility in African Displacements
Historical changes in the traditional agrarian systems of Burundi
The economic and social effects of remittances and return migration in conflict-affected areas
Land and exile
The labour market consequences of hosting refugees
Respacing for Peace? Resistance to Integration and the Ontopolitics of Rural Planning in Post-War Burundi
| Citations per year | 0.73 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |