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Is the education of local children influenced by living nearby a refugee camp?: Evidence from host communities in Rwanda

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  • Özge Bilgili
  • Sonja Fransen
  • Craig Loschmann
  • Melissa Siegel

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This paper studies to what extent and in what ways access to educational services and schooling outcomes of local children are influenced by the presence of a refugee camp in or around their community. Taking the case of Congolese refugees in Rwanda and relying on household survey data collected in 2016, we investigate the availability of schools, schooling rates and access to school-based feeding programs in communities closer to and further away from three refugee camps: Gihembe, Kiziba and Kigeme.

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  • Özge Bilgili & Sonja Fransen & Craig Loschmann & Melissa Siegel, 2018. "Is the education of local children influenced by living nearby a refugee camp?: Evidence from host communities in Rwanda," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-18, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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