Climate change, environmental degradation and migration
Climate change will have a progressively increasing impact on environmental degradation and environmentally dependent socio-economic systems with potential to cause substantial population displacement. The key concerns in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) will include serious threats to food security and health, considerable economic decline, inundation of coastal areas, and degradation of land and fresh water resources … Continue reading Climate change, environmental degradation and migration →
Protracted Displacement and Chronic Poverty in Eastern,Burma/Myanmar
The Thailand Burma Border Consortium’s (TBBC’s) 2010 survey of internal displacement in eastern Burma is now available for download from http://www.tbbc.org/resources/resources.htm#idps TBBC has collaborated with community based partners to document the scale and characterstics of dispalcement in eastern Burma since 2002. This year’s survey included household poverty assessments across eastern Burma and compared the results … Continue reading Protracted Displacement and Chronic Poverty in Eastern,Burma/Myanmar →
Poverty and Migration: The Ugandan Experience
A couple of months ago, at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda, a decapitated body of a stowaway literally fell from the skies from a departing aircraft. It was the body of a desperate Ugandan who had been attempting to ‘migrate’ abroad for a better life. Ironically, like it is said, all human beings potential migrants … Continue reading Poverty and Migration: The Ugandan Experience →
