Movement as a livelihood and protective strategy in Northern Uganda
Date
2006
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Humanitarian Practice Network at the Overseas Development Institute, London, GB
Abstract
In March and April 2006, a research
team from Tufts University’s Feinstein
International Center carried out a study
on livelihoods and human security in
three areas of Kitgum district in
Northern Uganda: the Orom trading
centre/IDP camp and surrounding
parishes, the Agoro trading centre/
IDP camp and nearby villages, and
Labuje IDP camp and Pager village.
The team used qualitative research
methods, including in-depth, semistructured,
open-ended interviews with
different categories of households,1
clan leaders, IDP camp leaders, medical
personnel in the camps, NGO and UN
officials and military officials, direct
observation and participant observation.
This article reports the main
findings of the study as they relate to
people’s use of movement as a livelihood
and protective strategy.
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CIVIL WAR, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, INTERNAL MIGRATION, LABOUR MIGRATION, INCOME GENERATION, UGANDA