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The CRS research record is modest and focused. While CRS has generated substantial material from primary research activities. From the beginning, the CRS gave top priority to the development of its core academic researchers for its future sustainability and used its available resources to achieve this goal. The following broad themes continue to have guide research activities :
- History of Population Displacement in the Great Lakes Region
- Refugee Policy and the Legal Regime
- The Humanitarian Regime, Assistance and Protection of Refugees
- Economy and Livelihood of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
- Culture and the Refugee Family: Behavioural Characteristics of Displaced Persons
- Education of Refugees and Displaced Persons
- Refugee Health care and Welfare
- Refugees and Environmental Conservation
- Conflict and Security Issues in Human Displacement
- Gender issues in Forced Migration
REFUGEE HEALTH CARE AND WELFARE PROJECT
Between 1997 to date, CRS in collaboration with the Institute of Public health, Makerere University, Uganda, the Refugees Studies Programme (renamed Refugee Studies Centre), University of Oxford, U.K. and the Institute of Tropical Hygiene, Antwerp, Belgium, has been involved in a research project on “Refugees Health Care and Welfare.” Core funding for this project came from the European Union. Two publications from this project will soon be available to readers.
REFUGEE ECONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD RESEARCH PROJECT
The CRS in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Forced Migration, University of Dar-es-Salaam and Makerere University have launched two major research projects on Refugee Economy and Livelihood and Urban Refugees. These comparative research projects are being carried out in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and funded by the Ford Foundation and UNIFEM. The projects is based on four broad themes which were agree upon at a recent workshop held at Moi University from 27-29 August 2000. They are:
- The Changing Gender Roles. Relations and its Impact on the Empowerment and Livelihoods of Refugee Women.
- Promotion of Entrepreneurial skills for the Enhancement of the Capacity of Refugees and the Improvement of their Livelihoods
- Exploration of the Coping Mechanisms among Urban Refugees and its Implications for Technology Transfer and Human Resource development
- Efficient Resource Utilization and the Participation of Refugees in the Host Economy.
So far, the preparation for the first study in this series is well advanced. Under the leadership of CRS, two regional consultative meetings have been held, one in Dar and another one in Kampala, a comprehensive proposal has been finalized, a research team comprising of scholars based in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania constituted, and a core donor identified. It is envisaged that this study will kick start the entire research project and more significantly that it will facilitate the launching of the collaborative research component of the East African Network on Forced Migration.
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