Sustainable livelihoods of internally displaced persons: case study of Soacha, Colombia
(2014) EKHK18 20131Department of Economic History
- Abstract (Swedish)
- The aim of this thesis is to describe the conditions in which the internally displaced persons of Soacha,
Colombia, live and how these affect their possibilities of obtaining a sustainable livelihood. This is a
qualitative study and the material was mainly gathered using semi-structured interviews on-site in
the poverty-stricken neighborhoods of El Oasis and Los Robles in Cazucá, Soacha. Interviews with
institutions dealing with the matter of displacement in Soacha were also made. The displaced people
living in Soacha often suffer from a poor provision of services and goods while at the same time being
marginalized to the point where the attainment of a sustainable livelihood is made tremendously
difficult. By using the... (More) - The aim of this thesis is to describe the conditions in which the internally displaced persons of Soacha,
Colombia, live and how these affect their possibilities of obtaining a sustainable livelihood. This is a
qualitative study and the material was mainly gathered using semi-structured interviews on-site in
the poverty-stricken neighborhoods of El Oasis and Los Robles in Cazucá, Soacha. Interviews with
institutions dealing with the matter of displacement in Soacha were also made. The displaced people
living in Soacha often suffer from a poor provision of services and goods while at the same time being
marginalized to the point where the attainment of a sustainable livelihood is made tremendously
difficult. By using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework developed by the Department for
International Development different assets of the displaced people and the contexts within which
they find themselves is structured and analyzed. By doing so the situation of displaced people in
Soacha is further qualified and shows the difficulties that displaced persons face coming from the
countryside to an urban setting where their skills and background often is of little use. (Less)
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- Sjögren, Benjamin LU
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- EKHK18 20131
- year
- 2014
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- M2 - Bachelor Degree
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- English
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@misc{4302299, abstract = {{The aim of this thesis is to describe the conditions in which the internally displaced persons of Soacha, Colombia, live and how these affect their possibilities of obtaining a sustainable livelihood. This is a qualitative study and the material was mainly gathered using semi-structured interviews on-site in the poverty-stricken neighborhoods of El Oasis and Los Robles in Cazucá, Soacha. Interviews with institutions dealing with the matter of displacement in Soacha were also made. The displaced people living in Soacha often suffer from a poor provision of services and goods while at the same time being marginalized to the point where the attainment of a sustainable livelihood is made tremendously difficult. By using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework developed by the Department for International Development different assets of the displaced people and the contexts within which they find themselves is structured and analyzed. By doing so the situation of displaced people in Soacha is further qualified and shows the difficulties that displaced persons face coming from the countryside to an urban setting where their skills and background often is of little use.}}, author = {{Sjögren, Benjamin}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Sustainable livelihoods of internally displaced persons: case study of Soacha, Colombia}}, year = {{2014}}, }