Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (664 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0190659157 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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His book The Bottom Billion has won the Lionel Gelber Prize, the Arthur Ross Prize awarded by the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Corine Prize.. He has previously worked for UNHCR and as a consultant to a range of international organizations and governments.Paul Collier is Professor of Economics at St. Muller Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs at the University of Oxford, where he is also Director of the Refugee Studies Centre. Antony's College, Oxford. About the AuthorAlexander Betts is the Leopold W
Alexander Betts is the Leopold W. Muller Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs at the University of Oxford, where he is also Director of the Refugee Studies Centre. He has previously worked for UNHCR and as a consultant to a range of international organizations and governments.Paul Collier is Professor of Economics at St. His book The Bottom Billion has won the Lionel Gelber Prize, the Arthur Ross Prize awarded by the Council on For
Rather than assuming indefinite dependency, Collier-author of The Bottom Billion-and his Oxford colleague Betts propose a humanitarian approach integrated with a new economic agenda that begins with jobs, restores autonomy, and rebuilds people's ability to help themselves and their societies. Western countries deliver food, clothing, and shelter to refugee camps, but these sites, usually located in remote border locations, can make things worse. Global refugee numbers are at their highest levels since the end of World War II, but the system in place to deal with them, based upon a hu