From Relief to Development

Negotiating the Continuum on the Thai-Burmese Border

Bibliographic Data

ID8077360
AuthorsK DEMUSZ (International Rescue Committee, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume11
Issue3
Pages231-244
Publication date1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-6328 • E-ISSN: 1471-6925
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jrs/11.3.231
OpenAlexW1980346479
LanguageEN
Citations received11

A major characteristic of the humanitarian assistance effort for ethnic minority refugees from Burma, is its constant movement along a continuum between relief and development-oriented assistance. Using the example of the Karenni ethnic minority as a recipient group, this paper attempts to look at both the factors favouring and constraining the movement towards a more development-oriented provision of services. In this way, a case study of movement and tension along the ‘continuum’ can be elicited. More importantly, the lacunae with regard to a development orientation can be identified and recommendations for future action can be made

Burmese · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Gender Studies · Law

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