Refugees and development in Africa

Abstract

This book discusses why refugees flee, how and whether they become integrated, the relations between development assistance and refugee assistance, and the legal status of the refugees. The concept of 'people's rights' is discussed, and the rights to development with special reference to the refugees.

<p>Contents: Preface. -- Introduction. -- Peoples - Rights - Refugees. -- The Concept of 'Peoples' in the African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / Peter Nobel -- Historical, Political and Social Causes of Mass Flight from Ethiopia / Mekuria Bulcha --Rural Eritrean Refugees in the Sudan : A Study of the Dynamics of Flight / Gaim Kibreab -- Seminar Discussion -- A Right to Development. Notes on the Right to Development / Peter Nobel -- On Development/ the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation -- Background and Growth of the Right to Development - the Role of Law and Lawyers in Development / Adama Dieng - Seminar discussion -- A Case Study of Refugee Problems in the Sudan. -- Rural Refugee Land Settlements in Eastern Sudan : On the Road to Self-Sufficiency? / Gaim Kibreab --Sociological and Economic Factors in Refugee Integration : The Case of Ethiopian Exiles in the Sudan / Mekuria Bulcha -- Seminar discussion -- Economy - Law - Sociology: Views in Common / Mekuria Bulcha, Gaim Kibreab, Peter Nobel -- Appendices 1. The text of the African Banjul Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights and a table of ratifications as of 1 November 1986 [...]</p>