"This is not your usual World Bank/UN report. Thorough and thoughtful analysis provides what initially seems a surprise: a poor, ethnically marginalized and economically isolated community in Kenya benefits from the presence of a decades-old large refugee camp in its midst. The authors are scrupulous; they emphasize the particular context and avoid generalizing. Still their work puts to the lie a simple NIMBY view of the world — whether applied to refugees or other immigrants." - Nancy Birdsall, President of the Center for Global Development "As a former political refugee and one who has visited the Kakuma Refugee Camp, this report strikes a personal chord clearly vindicating what so many of us have felt in our struggles to live a dignified life: we IN MY BACKYARD? can contribute to development of our host communities." - Ger Duany, Actor and Model “This is a fascinating, fine-grained analysis of the impact of refugees in northwest Kenya. 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"Aid, suggest the refugee presence has a beneficial impact on Turkana’s economy 26 Remittances, and the Dutch Disease." Working Papers 062, Ryerson University, 2 Incomes and assets fall in value with distance from Kakuma refugee camp 28 Department of Economics. 3 Increases in refugees and aid are correlated with increased livestock prices 33 Beswick, S. (2006). "If You Leave Your Country You Have No Life!" Rape, Suicide, and 4 Kakuma refugee camp has a small but positive effect on farming 34 Violence: The Voices of Ethiopian, Somali, and Sudanese Female Refugees in 5 Comparison of housing statistics between Kakuma and counterfactual towns 35 Kenyan Refugee Camps.” Northeast African Studies, 8(3), 69-98. 6 Average BMI of host community members is higher in Kakuma and Lorugum Betts, Alexander, Louise Bloom, Josiah Kaplan, and Naohiko Omata. (2014). Refugee than at Lorengo or Lokichoggio 39 Economies: Rethinking Popular Assumptions. Humanitarian Innovation Project, 7 Average host community SSF measurements are higher at Kakuma and Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Lorugum, suggesting residents have greater access to nutritional security and Brainard, J. (1986). “Differential Mortality in Turkana Agriculturalists and Pastoral- health 40 ists.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 70(4), 525-536. 8 Macroeconomic effects on Turkana under the three scenarios; the full Broch-Due, Vigdis. (2000). “The Fertility of Houses & Herds: Rethinking Pastoralism in economic integration scenario is the most favorable 47 Africa.” 165-185. 9 Macroeconomic effects on Kenya under the three scenarios 48 Bundervoet, T., L. Maiyo, and A. Sanghi. (2015). Bright Lights, Big Cities (No. 22922). The World Bank. 62 Appendices “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? v Table 14: Macroeconomic effects under the Decampment Scenario (DS) are not favorable 10 There is significant heterogeneity within the host community in terms of T consumption and assets 57 R N T PM E A ME S S S S S EN S M R R R R R R R 11 The Patterns of livestock economy: Kakuma vs. other towns 59 A FO A A A A A YE MP A YE YE YE YE YE YE EC BE A 12 Macroeconomic effects under the Limited Integration Scenario (LIS) are EC 0 5 0 0 0 +5 +1 +1 +2 +3 +5 D mostly favorable 60 D (Percentage change from initial equilibrium 13 Macroeconomic effects under the Full Integration Scenario (FIS) are even more favorable 61 TURKANA 14 Macroeconomic effects under the Decampment Scenario (DS) are not 0.0 -2.6 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 favorable 62 Gross Regional Product (GRP) -3.3 Tradable Non-tradable 0.0 0.0 5.6 -5.3 7.6 -6.8 7.7 -6.9 7.7 -6.9 7.7 -6.9 7.7 -6.9 7.7 -6.9 List of Box s Employment (locals only) 0.0 -1.2 -2.7 -2.8 -2.8 -2.8 -2.8 -2.8 Tradable 0.0 2.8 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 1 Selection of counterfactual towns 19 2 External sources of data 20 Non-tradable 0.0 -2.5 -5.8 -6.1 -6.1 -6.1 -6.1 -6.1 3 Simulations and empirics 21 Gross Regional Income (GRI) 0.0 -2.6 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 4 Ethnographic research themes 23 GRI per local person 0.0 -1.4 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 Non-tradable prices 0.0 -10.3 -6.8 -6.5 -6.5 -6.5 -6.5 -6.5 REST OF KENYA Gross Regional Product (GRP) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tradable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 Non-tradable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Employment (locals only) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Tradable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 Non-tradable 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Gross Regional Income (GRI) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 GRI per local person 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Non-tradable prices 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Notes: Gross Regional Income (GRI) is defined as Gross Regional Product minus the wage bill of refugees. In the case of decampment, since no refugees work before or after decampment, both concepts are equivalent. “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 61 Table 13: Macroeconomic effects under the Full Integration Scenario (FIS) are even more favorable N R O TE ION AT E S S S S S S A ATI R R R R R R R R G FO A A A A A A YE R YE YE YE YE YE YE G TE E IN B 0 5 0 0 0 +5 +1 +1 +2 +3 +5 IN (Percentage change from initial equilibrium TURKANA Gross Regional Product (GRP) 0.0 15.1 0.3 -2.1 -2.7 -2.8 -2.9 -2.9 Tradable 0.0 21.6 7.4 7.0 7.4 7.7 7.8 7.9 Non-tradable 0.0 12.9 -2.0 -5.1 -6.0 -6.3 -6.4 -6.5 Employment (locals only) 0.0 -3.6 -7.0 -5.2 -3.9 -3.3 -2.9 -2.8 Tradable 0.0 -6.5 -6.3 0.2 3.6 5.1 6.0 6.2 Non-tradable 0.0 -2.6 -7.2 -7.0 -6.5 -6.2 -6.0 -6.0 Gross Regional Income (GRI) 0.0 2.3 -5.3 -4.7 -3.9 -3.6 -3.3 -3.3 GRI per local person (GRIplp) 0.0 6.1 1.9 0.5 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.5 Non-tradable prices 0.0 7.1 -3.5 -5.3 -5.9 -6.1 -6.3 -6.3 REST OF KENYA Gross Regional Product (GRP) 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Tradable 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Non-tradable 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Employment (locals only) 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Tradable 0.0 0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5 -0.4 Non-tradable 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Gross Regional Income (GRI) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 GRI per local person 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Non-tradable prices 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Notes: Gross Regional Income (GRI) is defined as Gross Regional Product minus the wage bill of refugees. 60 Appendices “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 1 Appendix B: Simulation Results Table 12: Macroeconomic effects under the Limited Integration Scenario (LIS) are mostly favorable N R O TE ION AT E S S S S S S A ATI R R R R R R R R G FO A A A A A A YE R YE YE YE YE YE YE G TE E IN B 0 5 0 0 0 +5 +1 +1 +2 +3 +5 IN (Percentage change from initial equilibrium TURKANA Gross Regional Product (GRP) 0.0 4.7 0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 Tradable 0.0 6.9 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1. Wh This R port? Non-tradable 0.0 4.0 -0.3 -0.7 -0.8 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 The Need to Go from Assumption to Evidence Employment (locals only) 0.0 -0.8 -1.2 -0.8 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 Tradable 0.0 -1.6 -1.1 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 I. R fu s r in th h dlin s now, but th ’v b n on K n ’s nd for Non-tradable 0.0 -0.5 -1.2 -1.1 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 d c d s T Gross Regional Income (GRI) 0.0 0.8 -1.6 -1.1 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 his report comes at a crucial time when the unprecedented global refugee GRI per local person (GRIplp) 0.0 1.6 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 crisis, most notably in Europe and the Mediterranean, has not only focused the world’s attention on the plight of refugees, but has also led to the politicization Non-tradable prices 0.0 2.3 -0.6 -0.8 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0 -1.0 of refugee influxes. With an average of 24 people worldwide being displaced from their homes every minute of every day (UNHCR 2016), the debate surrounding the REST OF KENYA refugee crises is on the minds of many, ranging from governments and policy-makers Gross Regional Product (GRP) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 to citizens, refugees, and host communities alike. Worldwide displacement is currently at an all-time high as war and persecution Tradable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 increase; one in every 113 people is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum (UNHCR 2016). In the past five years, at least 15 conflicts have erupt- Non-tradable 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 ed or reignited, and while protracted and harrowing wars have broken out in the Employment (locals only) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Middle East, eight of these conflicts have been in Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, Northeastern Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Tradable 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 Sudan, and Burundi) (UNHCR 2015). To compound matters, developing countries 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 such as Lebanon, Jordan, Ethiopia, and Kenya are now hosting the largest share of Non-tradable refugees: they are home to nearly 90 percent of the world’s refugees (UNHCR 2016). Gross Regional Income (GRI) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 The strain on resources and the pressure on governments is becoming increasingly visible; the Government of Kenya (GoK) recently announced plans to close down its GRI per local person 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 largest refugee camp in Dadaab, home to nearly 350,000 refugees, while Turkey, the Non-tradable prices 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 country hosting the largest number of refugees worldwide (2.5 million), struck a controversial ‘one in, one out’ deal with the EU, the terms of which stipulate that for every Syrian returned to Turkey from Greece, a vetted Syrian refugee in Turkey will Notes: Gross Regional Income (GRI) is defined as Gross Regional Product minus the wage bill of refugees. be resettled in the EU. There have been several studies on refugee economies, specifically focusing on the various ways in which refugees adapt to and (often) even thrive post-displace- 2 Why This Report? The Need to Go from Assumption to Evidence “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 59 ment (Jacobsen 1996, 2002, 2005; Lischer 2005; Werker 2007), and use the economies Table 11: The Patterns of livestock economy: Kakuma vs. other towns to build lives of relative normalcy and dignity in protracted situations (Oka 2011a, 2014). However, as refugee camps and settlements are often built in locations where K C K ) K K ) O local host communities are more impoverished and marginalized than the refugees R C ) OC C E) ) C UE W E LDE ED N ST O FOSTO ) O LU SOLU R ED T LDEST IN AL A LE E N themselves, the perceived disparities in relief distribution and access to resources N S A S A LS A LS O LIV ED E W VE IM A LS (V LS V A (V SO IV R IV N H A ( O LI and built infrastructures creates tension and even violence between the two groups ST B ( (L A L A n n IM n A (1) C n( ( IM L IM L N L O n n N ) N ) A 8) )L )L )L A (6 A (7 R (Aukot 2003). On the other hand, the vibrant refugee economies create opportunities ( )P (5 (2 (3 (4 and bring in skills, capital, and connectivity to global economies, often filling (albeit imperfectly) the unmet needs and development for the host community (Betts 2014; a. Difference across subsamples Jacobsen 2005). This is why it becomes all the more pertinent to understand the economic and social impact of refugees on host communities and the importance of In Kakuma subsample 0.0527 0.6547 0.1122 0.0833* 0.0734* 2.0260* 0.4101 1.283 linking peace efforts with economic progress. Prior to the recent World Humanitari- (0.0876) (0.4732) (0.4272) (0.0459) (0.0405) (0.9430) (0.7088) (1.2050) an Summit in Istanbul, the UN Secretary General had voiced the need for a more equitable approach to sharing the burden of refugees with host countries, and even N 330 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 earlier, in 2014, the World Bank Group and the UN jointly announced a major Horn of Africa Initiative geared towards creating economic opportunity for the region’s r2 0.001 0.007 0 0 0 0.011 0.002 0.005 most vulnerable people, especially refugees and internally displaced populations, b. Averages by distance band and subsamples and their host communities. This report, which provides an original analysis of the economic and social impact Less than 2 km to town 0.2674*** 1.5027*** 2.5987*** 0.3888*** 0.5964*** 5.4744*** 9.6417*** 1.2645*** of refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp on their Turkana hosts, therefore comes at an opportune time and could resonate with governments and policy makers (0.0441) (0.2398) (0.3860) (0.0319) (0.0374) (0.1845) (0.7018) (0.0356) beyond Kenya’s borders. In particular, the methodology we have developed enables Between 2 and 8 km from town 0.4443*** 2.9126*** 3.7280*** 0.3599*** 0.5540*** 8.4901*** 11.5531*** 5.5049*** us to run policy scenarios in a rigorous manner, ranging from encampment to decampment (i.e. camp closure) scenarios, and the potential to apply this methodolo- (0.0678) (0.0102) (0.1033) (0.0338) (0.0644) (0.2735) (0.1038) (1.6294) gy in other refugee situations around the world is particularly advantageous. Between 8 and 10 km from town 0.8053*** 2.8437*** 3.7662*** 0.4993*** 0.7709*** 8.7966*** 11.5422*** 5.1682*** II. Th c s of K kum r fu c mp in K n : “Y s in m b ck rd?” (0.0216) (0.2377) (0.1816) (0.0512) (0.1129) (0.7505) (0.4663) (0.6603) Less than 2 km to Kakuma 0.1018 1.0797*** 0.5379 0.1529** 0.1361* 3.0915*** 1.1637 2.9795*** Despite their economic promise and resilience, countries like Kenya are becoming the unintended “shock absorbers” for the growing conflict, insecurity, and weak (0.0708) (0.3316) (0.4438) (0.0588) (0.0660) (0.4011) (0.7540) (0.3895) governance in neighboring countries (World Bank and UNHCR 2015). Kenya is the second largest refugee-hosting country in Africa (after Ethiopia). Of the more than Between 2 and 8 km to Kakuma 0.0172 0.2715* -0.2589** 0.0568 -0.0064 1.2345** -0.2513 -0.4878 half a million registered refugees hosted by Kenya, 32 percent are housed in the (0.1178) (0.1330) (0.1057) (0.0895) (0.1430) (0.4712) (0.1422) (1.6336) Kakuma refugee camp, 57 percent in the Dadaab refugee settlement, and 11 percent live in Nairobi (UNHCR 2016). Between 8 and 10 km to Kakuma -0.1053 0.1301 -0.5360** -0.1421 -0.2281 0.2228 -1.1473 -0.8624 Kakuma refugee camp, located in Kenya’s northwestern Turkana County and at the crossroads of Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda, is home to 190,822 refugees, (0.0841) (0.2950) (0.2114) (0.1321) (0.2316) (1.3572) (1.0050) (0.7539) with South Sudanese making up the majority (52 percent) of the camp’s population. N 330 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 The camp is also home to refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since its establishment in 1992, Kakuma has r2 0.419 0.661 0.814 0.49 0.435 0.757 0.948 0.48 hosted one of the longest-lasting refugee camps in the world, and refugees have been an integral part of Kakuma’s social, cultural, and economic fabric. Our analyses Panel a shows the weighted t-test of key outcomes in the livestock module of the household survey. thereby offer pertinent insights for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Panel b shows regressions without a constant with the full set of dummy variables indicating the where countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey are grappling with the absorp- distance strata for Kakuma and the counterfactual towns. This specification means that each tion of hundreds of thousands of refugees in a myriad of ways and with differing coefficient represents the mean of the outcome variable for a given distance and location, tested against the hypothesis of zero. The coefficients indicating distance to Kakuma give the additional levels of success.1 Given that Turkana represents an ‘end state,’ whereby it has had effect of being at a particular distance from town in the Kakuma subsample. 1 Only 10 percent of the over four million registered Syrian refugees in the MENA region are living in refugee camps (UNHCR 2016). 58 Appendices “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 3 Figure 1: Location of Kakuma refugee camp S RY S R S D SE A S T SE U IL A E SE A SE O A G A X SE A PR R S S PR E A E A O H U H U A E IL TA E IE A A S H M S C S H F C L H T PI P R CH S A ET GE R GE R E R GE C E C E D H 05 TS A E PU NG R NG R G XU UR O RC C OM S Ethiopia PU AN PU AN SS N PU AN 20 SE C A PU A A HA LU P FO PU South Sudan C H H H H H S IN C C C C C A C Kakuma Sold animals Refugee Camp Uganda Somalia In Kakuma subsample 0.0322 -0.1085 0.0375 0.0625 0.0529 -0.3466 -0.0202 -0.0793 -0.1058 -0.0968 Kenya (0.2497) (0.3849) (0.0599) (0.3840) (0.1168) (0.3272) (0.0928) (0.0743) (0.1243) (0.0655) Sold animals on market -0.2851 2.8137*** 0.0809 -0.9190*** -0.0727 0.4548* 0.2216* 0.2414*** 0.2253* 0.0061 (0.1655) (0.1291) (0.0627) (0.2288) (0.1126) (0.2473) (0.1051) (0.0761) (0.1224) (0.0710) Tanzania Sold animals x Kakuma 0.5504 0.2901 -0.2720*** 0.5358 -0.0368 -0.5780 0.0980 -0.2586* -0.2840 0.0395 (0.5445) (0.5860) (0.0801) (0.4892) (0.2005) (0.3994) (0.1158) (0.1336) (0.2511) (0.0749) Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013 N 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 years to adjust to the refugee presence, this presents an advantage to the MENA r2 0.012 0.089 0.012 0.012 0.003 0.012 0.034 0.008 0.013 0.006 region and other countries who, in their ‘initial state,’ find the costs associated with hosting refugees to be much higher. Thus, there is a real opportunity to make deci- Sold farm products sions based on evidence and to pave the way for a shift in the conventional thinking In Kakuma subsample 0.0956 -0.0831 -0.0232 0.0415 0.0080 -0.4058 0.0327 -0.1176** -0.1438* -0.0825 on refugees and the best pathways of absorption. One striking observation about Kakuma refugee camp is how vibrant the econo- (0.1437) (0.4670) (0.0567) (0.3488) (0.1140) (0.2643) (0.1083) (0.0458) (0.0773) (0.0729) my is and how refugee-owned businesses also serve host communities. According to Sold farm products in market UNHCR, when there was talk about closing Kakuma in the early 2000s, there was an -0.9012*** 4.1709*** -0.1193*** -1.8514*** -0.6005*** 0.0355 -0.3061*** 0.6898*** -0.3180*** -0.1467*** uproar among the host community, who saw the camp as their main source of (0.0643) (0.3043) (0.0290) (0.1191) (0.0513) (0.1025) (0.0342) (0.0304) (0.0303) (0.0153) employment, business opportunities, and commercial goods. The decision to move thousands of refugees from Dadaab to Kakuma in 2009 came as a relief to some. This Sold farm products x Kakuma 1.1047** -1.8936** 0.1808** 2.1883*** 0.8059*** -0.2086 0.2278 -0.6460*** 0.2930*** 0.1076 is in sharp contrast to dominant perceptions of “Not in my backyard” or the “NIMBY” (0.4056) (0.6439) (0.0810) (0.3922) (0.1655) (0.1315) (0.1738) (0.1189) (0.0443) (0.0840) phenomena that is typically associated with hosting refugees.2 Moreover, the interac- tion is not just economic; it is also social and cultural, including intermarriages N 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 between the host and refugee communities (Sanghi 2015). Yet empirical evidence has been lacking so far. r2 0.005 0.032 0.001 0.005 0.007 0.011 0.001 0.007 0.009 0.005 III. B ond rh toric: Th n d for n vid nc -b s d ppro ch Thus, in order to capitalize on these rich and diverse economic and social interac- tions for the betterment of both the host and refugee communities, and in light of the growing politicization of refugee matters, assessing the impact of refugees is crucial (Jacobsen 2002; 2005). This is easier said than done, especially given the blurring of lines between humanitarian and development assistance in Kakuma, and in refugee camps more generally, where humanitarian aid is being used to make development investments such as building schools and hospitals at the periphery of the camp and in the host community. In addition, there has been an absence of a rigorous and cred- 2 NIMBY is widely defined in the economic literature as the objection by locals to the siting of some- thing they regard as detrimental or hazardous in their neighborhood. 4 Why This Report? The Need to Go from Assumption to Evidence “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 57 ible methodology that assesses the impact – both economic and social – of refugees. Refugee economies3 are under-researched and poorly understood (Betts et al. 2014), and as noted in the World Bank’s report on Forced Displacement and Mixed Migra- tion in the Horn of Africa, “While there have been a variety of descriptive studies App ndic s about the interactions between refugees, the aid community, and hosts in the vicinity of Kakuma camp, these have not yet been able to provide estimates of the net benefits to locals of the presence of refugees and aid.” (World Bank and UNHCR 2015). There- Appendix A: Economic impacts of the refugee presence in Kakuma on the host community fore, with plenty of original analytical and empirical analyses, this report, conducted jointly by the World Bank and UNHCR, attempts to address this pressing need. It aims Table 10: There is significant heterogeneity within the host community in terms of to strengthen the evidence-base so that policy makers, and humanitarian and devel- consumption and assets opment actors can make informed decisions about how best to transform refugee camps such as Kakuma into self-sustaining settlements, and how to design win-win S RY S R deals that benefit both refugee and host populations. But advocates and those seeking S D SE A S T SE U IL A E SE A SE O A G A X SE A PR R S S PR E A E A O H U H U A E “killer stats” one way or the other should be forewarned. This report is not intended IL TA E IE A A S H M S C S H F C L H T PI P R CH S A R GE R E R E ET GE C E C E D H 05 TS A E to be an advocacy piece, and we have gone to where the evidence has led us. The PU NG G R G R G XU UR O RC C OM S SS N PU AN PU N N PU AN 20 SE C A A A HA PU A LU P FO PU C overall impact of refugees in Kakuma is positive, but there are segments of the host H H H H H S IN C C C A C C C population and parts of the economy that do not benefit from the refugee presence. Any discussion surrounding the impact of Kakuma refugees on Turkana cannot Small business be isolated from the broader historical, social, and cultural context of Turkana’s place In Kakuma subsample 0.2440 0.8867 -0.1829 0.1663 0.0949 -0.5385** 0.0233 -0.1757** -0.1776** -0.1090* in Kenya’s development story, and this discussion becomes the main focus of the next chapter. (0.2114) (0.8112) (0.1140) (0.3773) (0.1431) (0.2492) (0.1198) (0.0706) (0.0788) (0.0599) Household owns small business 0.4492*** 4.2828*** -0.4237* 0.3387 0.2837* 0.1866 0.0515 0.0513 0.0080 0.0306 (0.0628) (0.9063) (0.2234) (0.2082) (0.1410) (0.1291) (0.0818) (0.0526) (0.0319) (0.0313) Has enterprise x Kakuma -0.1832 -0.1007 0.3744 -0.0852 -0.0533 0.4822** 0.0242 0.2489* 0.1140* 0.0919** (0.2196) (1.1071) (0.2546) (0.3951) (0.3111) (0.2147) (0.2147) (0.1351) (0.0569) (0.0410) N 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 r2 0.016 0.204 0.008 0.006 0.016 0.064 0.002 0.093 0.023 0.024 Wage earner In Kakuma subsample 0.0842 -0.0207 -0.0723 -0.0408 -0.0218 -0.3582 0.0283 -0.0841 -0.1467 -0.0439 (0.1829) (0.5348) (0.0659) (0.2851) (0.1238) (0.2555) (0.0879) (0.0577) (0.0858) (0.0689) Household had wages in past year 0.9294*** 5.2161*** -0.3492*** 0.8580*** 0.2720 0.5012*** 0.1394 0.0371 0.0308 0.1951*** (0.2231) (0.5982) (0.0689) (0.1519) (0.1774) (0.1202) (0.1459) (0.0603) (0.0596) (0.0423) Wage earner x Kakuma -0.0008 0.0730 0.4756** 0.6117* 0.3070 -0.6096*** -0.0782 -0.1973*** -0.0082 -0.3395*** (0.2655) (0.6474) (0.1873) (0.3229) (0.2514) (0.1983) (0.1487) (0.0617) (0.0912) (0.0871) N 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 3 r2 0.099 0.201 0.006 0.103 0.057 0.011 0.001 0.021 0.009 0.024 ‘Refugee economies’ is broadly defined as the resource allocation systems relating to a displaced population. The concept is intended to be holistic in attempting to look at ways in which refugees’ economic activities are not simply reducible to livelihoods but are part of a wider system involving consumption, production, exchange, and finance (Betts et al. 2014). “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 5 2. A R fu C mp At The Intersection of Turkana’s - and Kenya’s - Development I. Th lost bo s nd th d wn of m n I n 1991, some 10,000 Sudanese boys walked into Northern Kenya. Having first fled civil war in southern Sudan, undertaking a treacherous journey to Ethiopia, war once again forced them to seek refuge elsewhere; they had walked more than a thousand miles before reaching Kenya, and Kakuma refugee camp would become their new home. Located in one of Kenya’s most remote areas, Kakuma refu- gee camp has today become the largest settlement in Turkana County, housing close to 200,000 refugees, almost 15 percent of the county’s population. Known as the cradle of mankind,4 and today home to the Turkana people and other smaller ethnic groups who live off the land and whose traditional livelihoods are nomadic pastoralism, Turkana County is sparsely populated. Though its popula- tion has grown dramatically in the last two decades, increasing from 855,393 people in 2009 to 1,256,152 in 2015 (Human Rights Watch 2015), for the Turkana people living in Kakuma, hosting a refugee population larger than their own in a terrain that is often punishing and a region that is poor, has brought about its share of challenges, but also opportunities. Although the dawn of man occurred over three million years ago in the Turkana region,5 it has not exactly remained a beacon of economic growth or technology development. Turkana County, the largest county in Kenya, is also one of the country’s most impoverished and marginalized areas, where literacy rates are among the lowest and poverty rates, at over 90 percent, the highest (Sanghi and Onder, 2016). It also has a long history of chronic malnutrition and some of the poor- est health indicators in Kenya (Human Rights Watch 2015). However, the wind of 4 As noted by Richard Leakey, "Nobody knows where we are going, but everyone should be aware of where we came from: Turkana." 5 The earliest use of Stone Age tools is now considered to be near the shores of Lake Turkana in Northwest Kenya. (See Sonia Harmand et al. "3.3-million-year-old stone tools from Lomekwi 3, West Turkana, Kenya." Nature 521: 310–315, (21 May 2015). 6 A Refugee Camp at the Intersection of Turkana’s - and Kenya’s - Development “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 55 Figure 2: Map showing Turkana County, Kenya viewed as economic actors participating in the economy (as opposed to being made permanent citizens of Kenya). We also find that aid complements and magnifies the positive effect of refugees, and refugees can still continue to contribute positively in South Sudan the absence of it. Such economic integration also has the added benefit of better Ilemi Triangle (disputed territory) Ethiopia preparing refugees for repatriation by virtue of them being able to make positive contributions once they return. And taking a broader view of integration, such a policy may even help promote peace and prosperity in an increasingly regionally integrated East Africa, one in which Kenya shows admirable leadership. Turkana County Takeaway #3: Turning the tide: Help develop Turkana. Both – benefitting refu- gees and benefitting from refugees – suggests developing Turkana, and a more Uganda meaningful role for the international community. Kenya Somalia Within Turkana, the refugee presence benefits hosts and vice-versa. However, the impact of the refugee presence on the rest of Kenya is negligible. Similarly, benefits of integration are blunted because of market imperfections in Turkana and disincen- tives for skills acquisition in the host community. Both these findings are unsurpris- ing as Turkana itself represents a miniscule share of Kenya’s economy. Turkana’s negligible contribution to the national economy has to be understood in the context Nairobi of the region’s history. The Turkana know that they have been neglected and discrim- inated against, struggling with endemic structural violence stemming from their low position in the Kenyan social, economic, and political hierarchy. However, the wind of change appears to be blowing; apart from dealing with the influx of more than 100,000 people into Kakuma in the past five years, the Turkana community is also Tanzania dealing with recent changes in governance infrastructure, including devolution, and the discovery of oil and fresh water aquifers. This, then, has implications for the international community, particularly those actors who (genuinely) want to help refugees. It is worth emphasizing that impacts – in terms of both scale and distribution – are shaped by policy choices and the histori- cal, cultural, and institutional environment. The choice of where to locate a refugee Source: Human Rights Watch, 2015 camp is arguably the most important choice that dictates these impacts. Refugee camps, almost by definition, are located in peripheral, marginalized areas with poor connectivity and infrastructure. It is places like Kakuma and Mbera, and not Kuala change appears to be blowing; apart from dealing with the influx of more than Lumpur or Manhattan, where refugees are settled. So, equal attention needs to be 100,000 people into Kakuma in the past five years, the Turkana community is also paid in developing such areas, and the message then becomes clear: If you want to dealing with recent changes in governance infrastructure, including devolution, and help the Kakuma refugees, help develop Turkana. However, the role has to be a more the discovery of oil and fresh water aquifers.6 meaningful one as it necessitates a shift from short-term emergency financing to Turkana County, whose capital is Lodwar, is located in a difficult neighborhood long-term development financing. The line between humanitarian and development (Figure 2). The county is bordered by Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. The north- aid is an increasingly thin and blurry one. ern part of Kenya, including Turkana, has suffered from increasingly severe droughts The interaction between the refugees and their Turkana hosts is a vibrant one. lasting for years. Combined with the lack of public infrastructure and services, these Moreover, it is not just economic; it is also social and cultural, including intermarriag- droughts grow into famines with high mortality of both humans and livestock. The es between the host and refugee communities. Such interactions need to be capital- shortage of proper infrastructure also pushes up transportation fares, and high trans- ized upon rather than penalized. With the confluence of natural resource discoveries portation costs are reflected in commodity prices.7 Matteis (2010) found that the price in Turkana, the potential of devolution, and more meaningful engagement of the differentials between source markets and Turkana County’s furthest main market, international community, it is opportune to transition from the classic, and arguably 6 dismal phenomenon of NIMBY (Not in my backyard), to a bold and fresh phenome- Because it is poor, Turkana gets the second-highest budgetary allocation among the 47 created counties. non of YIMBY--Yes, in my backyard. 7 The national road density is about 3.4 times higher than Turkana’s. 54 The Three Takeaways “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 7 ed with greater physical well-being (but not necessarily mental well-being). The aver- Lokichoggio, was around 40-50 percent with peaks of up to 80 percent in the case of age body mass index (BMI) and sum of skinfold (SSF) values for both men and women some commodities such as beans (De Matteis, 2010). was higher in Kakuma (presence of refugees) and Lorugum (presence of develop- However, there is increasing attention on Turkana, primarily driven by relief and ment) compared to Lorengo or Lokichoggio (no development), suggesting that the development efforts. In addition, the discovery of oil reserves could generate future Turkana residents of these locations have far greater access to nutritional security revenue to build the county’s physical infrastructure, as well as health and education and health. sectors, if these revenues are managed well and shared with the community and However, these impacts are nuanced, and concentrated both spatially and tempo- county government. This cautious optimism is echoed in the quote below from a host rally, with certain characteristics of the economy, aggravating or mitigating them. community respondent: Activities in non-tradable sectors benefit, but those in the tradable sectors don’t. In the long-term, income in non-tradable sectors grows by over 7 percent, whereas it “If devolution really gives money to the county and the county uses the shrinks by about 7 percent in tradable sectors. There is also significant heterogeneity money well, that would be good for Turkana. And for the educated and in the impact of the refugee presence on host community incomes and consumption. non-educated Turkana alike, there will be jobs from the oil project and the Households with access to small businesses and farm incomes appear to be water. Like it was at Lokichoggio. When the UN mission was there, Loki was better-buffered from short term shocks, while wage-earner and animal-selling a good place, with jobs and growth. So it can be good, as long as those things, households suffer more from them. like devolution, like the oil companies, they stay and treat the Turkana as When it comes to specific markets, the impact on agriculture and housing is posi- partners, they see as the people who own the land but are generously shar- tive, but livestock, the main livelihood of the Turkana region, is adversely affected ing so should be cared for” (Interviewed in Kakuma, June 2015). though it is difficult to draw firm conclusions regarding a pastoralist and mobile population. Also, perceptions do not always match evidence: the sophistication and Given these changes, Kakuma refugee camp has a significant role in the projected the frequency of the more nuanced narratives and perception of “refugees are socio-economic development of Turkana. However, this role must be developed with good/beneficial” is inversely proportional to the distance from Kakuma refugee the understanding that the Turkana continue to retain their memories of exclusion camp. And some findings are ambiguous; for example, there is no clear evidence to and histories of marginalization that if not accounted for, will hamper any interven- suggest that the refugee presence has pushed populations away or pulled them in. tion through lack of support, overt discouragement, and even violence. In the end, who benefits and who loses is also driven by the public policies of the One may rightly ask, what are these memories of exclusion and histories of mar- host country. With proper mechanisms that reallocate some of the gains from the ginalization? winners to the losers, it is possible that everybody can benefit from the refugee pres- ence. However, in the absence of such mechanisms, which is typically the case, there II. N nd K n (“I m oin to K n ”) will be groups of host community members who are negatively affected in net terms. It is worth emphasizing that the impacts measured are (deliberately and narrow- The expansion of the British colonial administration towards Turkana after 1895 and ly) focused on the host community, and they do not capture welfare gains derived their military pacification had a significant impact on the Turkana people and the from refugees being in a safer place, with protection from armed conflict and perse- region. The outcomes of the British-Turkana interactions included livestock deple- cution. Moreover, we measure impact only on one side of the border and don’t tion, intensification of pastoralism as the primary and often only subsistence activity account for welfare gains derived from refugees earning incomes once they return to deemed fit for the Turkana, a decline in the status of women’s activities such as their home country (or third country). If these effects were incorporated, aggregate agriculture, and an erosion of trade networks, leaving the Turkana overly dependent welfare gains for all populations are likely to be higher. on external aid/development or pastoralism. Livestock raiding, which has come to characterize the Turkana and feeds into the increased warrior culture, became a Takeaway #2: The verdict is out: Economic integration trumps decampment normative institution after the colonial encounter, as did the incipient violence (the sudden closure of the camp). Economic integration, which increases per between the Turkana and their neighbors. capita host incomes by a (non-trivial) 6 percent, is the appropriate policy for The forced resettlement of the Turkana into small villages, transhumance, and the maximizing the beneficial impact of refugees. supervision policies, which continued after the British and included mandatory police registration from those who traveled (Simpson 1995), destabilized pastoral While there are caveats regarding the simulative magnitude of impacts and movement pathways and forced the Turkana to become increasingly dependent on welfare gains (as noted in the report), the direction of effects is robust and positive. externally obtained resources over which they had no control. From this exclusion Economic integration, even if limited, if it were to begin today, maximizes welfare arises the expression and narrative of Naenda Kenya, “I am going to Kenya”, used by gains. Moreover, these gains last for over two decades. On the other hand, decamp- Turkana people when they go to other parts of Kenya. ment, i.e. camp closure and sudden departure of all refugees – reduces per capita It is also noteworthy that Turkana, with its reputation as an isolated outpost, host incomes permanently and also causes a collapse in prices. It is worth emphasiz- removed from the rest of Kenya, was where Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s first president, ing that by “integration”, we mean economic integration, whereby refugees are was imprisoned and detained by the colonial government in the late 1950s. 8 A Refugee Camp at the Intersection of Turkana’s - and Kenya’s - Development “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 53 III. Fl in w r nd findin r fu in Turk n In 1992, following talks with the GoK and local leaders and elders of the Turkana community, UNHCR formally established a refugee camp in Kakuma in order to accommodate people fleeing the conflict in Sudan. Kakuma, meaning the ‘place of the giant tortoise’, was a former watering hole and communal meeting ground for the Turkana pastoralists during the wet season. The Sudanese ‘lost boys’ were initially housed in a temporary camp located closer to the Sudanese border in the town of Lokichoggio. Their arrival, combined with a large inflow of Somali refugees into East- ern Kenya, caused a significant shift in the GoK’s refugee policy; it marked the begin- ning of the encampment policy where, following status determination, refugees are obliged to reside in a camp with their movement outside the camps being heavily restricted.8 According to Werker (2007), camp economies are influenced by host-country policies, such as restrictions on refugees’ movement and work, as well as by the physical and economic isolation of the site, and such policies have import- ant implications: 6. Th Thr T k w s “Restrictions on employment outside the camp have obvious effects on refu- W gees living in the camps. First, refugees are excluded from legitimate labor e began this report by observing that this is a crucial time of an unprece- markets outside the camps, just as illegal immigrants in an industrialized dented global refugee crisis. Worldwide displacement is currently at an nation are excluded from many jobs. Related to this, refugees who remain in all-time high as war and persecution increase; one in every 113 people is the camp labor market may have a difficult time matching their skills to now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum. And while refugees are labor demand. In terms of restrictions on movement, refugees engaged in in the headlines now, they’ve been on Kenya’s agenda for decades. Indeed, with over productive activities will have reduced access to outside markets, which may half a million registered refugees, Kenya is the second largest refugee-hosting coun- affect the effective price they receive for their labor inside the camp.” (Werk- try in Africa (after Ethiopia). Despite their economic promise and resilience, coun- er 2007) tries like Kenya are becoming the unintended “shock absorbers” for the growing conflict, insecurity, and weak governance in neighboring countries. In its current position, Kakuma refugee camp, located some 123 kilometers north- In this context, our report comes at an opportune time. It goes beyond rhetoric west of Lodwar, is more of a city than a camp, comprising of corrugated iron sheet and provides an original and evidence-based analysis of the impact of refugees in houses with mud/timber walls in four sub-camps as seen in Figure 3 (page 9): Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp (in Turkana County), home to about a third of all refu- Kakuma 1 (the oldest and most densely populated), Kakuma 2, Kakuma 3, and gees hosted by Kenya. The three takeaways relate to our attempt to answer the Kakuma 4 (the newest and sparsely populated). The population density within the following questions: First, what is the social and economic impact of the refugee pres- camp is estimated at between 12,000 – 13,000 persons per square kilometer, which is ence on the host community in Turkana and rest of Kenya? Second, how can the posi- about 1,000 times that of the host Turkana community. Despite having its own bottle- tive impacts of refugees be magnified while reducing the negative impacts? And necks, the camp surpasses the rest of the Turkana region in access to education, med- third, what is the appropriate role of the international community in terms of ical services, potable water, and roads. The camp is also better connected with major supporting host countries? markets than most other regions in Turkana, which reflects the size of the market, intensive aid operations, and not relying on the short-supplied transportation busi- Takeaway #1: More boom, less gloom: The refugee presence in Kakuma has an ness in Turkana. overall beneficial and permanent impact on Turkana’s economy, boosting Originally built for a population of around 80,000 Sudanese refugees, the camp’s Turkana’s Gross Regional Product (GRP) by over 3 percent and increasing total population has fluctuated between 35,000 from its establishment to 80,000 in 2009 employment by about 3 percent. 8 According to Human Rights Watch, Kenya hosted 14,400 refugees in 1990, but as a result of the The refugee presence also increases consumption, self-reported incomes, and increase in regional conflicts, the number had risen to 120,000 by 1991, and just one year later, asset ownership of the host Turkana population. For example, consumption mea- 401,000 refugees were living in Kenya. The large numbers caused Kenya to ask UNHCR to set up refugee camps and this approach scrapped aspects of Kenya's pre-1991 refugee policy, including, for sures within 5 km of the camp are up to 35 percent higher than in other parts of the example, the laissez-faire approach by which refugees were allowed to locally integrate, and enjoy county. Those who live close to the camp tend to have higher income and assets rights to work, education and freedom of movement. In addition, the Kenyan government's pre-1991 (Kakuma residents are four times more likely to own a bicycle than non-Kakuma role in refugee status determination was surrendered to UNHCR. (Human Rights Watch 2002) residents). And while difficult to assert causality, the presence of refugees is associat- 52 “What if?” From Encampment to Decampment “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 9 refugees, but the bulk of the results are driven by labor market participation.42 Figure 3: Layout of Kakuma refugee camp Second, market imperfections further concentrate refugee-related rents in the hands of small interest groups. Overall, encampment creates rents. Thus, insufficient competition in markets such as retail, land, housing, and livestock in the vicinity of the camp could reallocate some of these rents disproportionately towards those who control the businesses (at the expense of the total benefits that could be received by the society at large). Indeed, we find that in Turkana, there are signs of such market power. For example, another background study for this report (Oka, 2016) suggests the presence of a small group of highly influential traders in the Kakuma market, and a cartel-like sub-network comprising of these 3-5 traders operating continuously within Kakuma between the years 2005 and 2015. Similarly, there are only two bus KAKUMA 3 companies that have operated between Kakuma and Nairobi. Moreover, high trans- portation costs also strengthen the concentration of rents by leading to supply bottle- necks and reducing the mobility of labor. Third, restrictions on refugee employment and mobility change refugees’ incen- tives for acquiring skills. The absence of employment prospects diminishes refugees’ KAKUMA 2 incentives to develop their skills as manufacturers, traders, and merchants. These induced distortions not only deprive the Turkana region of valuable human capital (some refugees have more marketable skills than the host population in this remote and impoverished part of Kenya), but also generate an unhealthy local dependence on the refugee camp (not as a source of growth but of monopoly rents). The local population may also suffer from distorted incentives. The extra monopsony power of the host region buyers and their consequent improved terms of trade with refugees KAKUMA 4 further reduce the locals’ incentive to develop their skills. Hence the barriers to integration reduce skill development in the Turkana region as well. As a result, the two-way dependence, that is refugees’ dependence on aid and locals’ dependence on refugees, becomes a self-enforcing, low level equilibrium. Integration then becomes a self-evident win-win. KAKUMA 1 To Lokichogio To Lodwar KEY 42 This raises the question of who should receive aid: refugees or the host government? One option is that once integration takes place, aid that goes to the refugees could be centralized in the hands of Major Road Kakuma 1 local authorities to provide support with possible costs borne by hosting refugees. Beyond direct Minor Road Kakuma 2 fiscal costs borne by the host government, which could be substantial and ought to be covered by foreign aid, another background paper for report discourages such motives of centralization (Behza- UN NGO Offices Kakuma 3 dan et al, 2016). This is because remittances and direct aid to refugees are typically more successful in actually finding their ways into the hands of refugees as compared to official foreign aid that Greenbelt Kakuma 4 200m trickles down from the top. In addition, the marginal propensity to consume non-tradable goods and services increases with income. Thus, aid that flows directly to beneficiaries becomes more The boundries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations welfare-enhancing. Source: UNHCR, NCCK 10 A Refugee Camp at the Intersection of Turkana’s - and Kenya’s - Development “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 51 Figure 4: Population of Kakuma refugee camp through the years, peaking at close to is worth emphasizing that the effect on local real wages depends on the skill set of 200,000 in 2016 refugees who join the labor force. When only skilled refugees are integrated, they increase productivity and wages of unskilled workers (“complementarity effect”). 200000 This is because these two types of workers are imperfect substitutes in production. But they also reduce the wages of skilled workers (because of perfect substitutability – “competition effect”). When all refugees join the labor force, as in the FIS, both channels operate for all skill groups and the net effects vary. Figure 16 shows that in 150000 the FIS, the complementarity effect dominates the competition effect. Population in Kakuma While wages also decline in the case of decampment, the channels of impact are different. With a sudden fall in demand upon the departure of all refugees, prices drop in non-tradable sectors, pulling down wages. In tradable sectors, however, there 100000 is no demand side effect. Thus, nominal wages are initially not affected, but with a sharp decrease in non-tradable prices, they increase in real terms. This is corrected over time with labor movements and rebalancing in relative prices. 50000 III. Int r tion l ss ns th burd n of id, r duc s m rk t imp rf ctions, nd inc ntivi s skills cquisition 0 Encampment, the status quo, concentrates both gains and losses in the vicinity of the 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 camp, which reduces potential aggregate gains for the rest of the economy outside Year Kakuma, while increasing gains for those in the vicinity of the camp. Integrating refu- gees into the economy generates positive economic effects in aggregate terms and also diffuses such effects across all regions in Kenya. Limited integration does this and close to 200,000 in 2016 (Figure 4), taking in additional people fleeing conflicts partially. In contrast, decampment leads to both a permanent income loss in Turkana from Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Uganda. In 1997, after the and a collapse in prices. destruction and closing of the Utange camp in Kenya’s coastal region, Kakuma As alluded to earlier, these impacts and results are highly contingent on institu- received a large in-flow of Somali refugees, who today make up the second largest tional and market factors such as transfers (aid and remittances), market power, and group of refugees in Kakuma.9 skills acquisition. Within less than a year from the establishment of the camp, numerous Ethiopian, First, transfers that refugees receive are crucial for the positive impact of refugees Somali, and some Sudanese refugees had set up retail shops, restaurants, and barber on the local economy. If refugees are not allowed to join the labor force, their contri- shops in the camp, offering refugees and Turkana alike goods and services at retail butions to the local economy, those that occur via market mechanisms, are limited to prices. They imported these mainly from the three Somali firms in Kakuma Town, their exchange of goods and services with locals. Without transfers, they do not have who had by then established reliable supply lines with suppliers in Kitale, Eldoret, any purchasing power to transact, let alone having a means to survive. Therefore, Nakuru, Nairobi, and Mombasa. transfers are life-giving as the status quo prevails, and are also an integral part of After the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005, more than magnifying the positive impact of refugees in the economic integration scenarios. 40,000 Sudanese refugees were repatriated to various areas in present-day South But can refugees continue to contribute positively to host economies in the Sudan, and the population of Kakuma suddenly dropped to 45,000, depressing local absence of such transfers, in particular, aid? Although aid received by refugees adds businesses and leaving behind abandoned broken homesteads. However, the popula- to their positive impact, the positive impact remains when aid is phased out after tion of Kakuma rebounded due to the continuing violence and lack of infrastructure integration. Table 10 shows the effects of full integration on GRP and relative prices in South Sudan between 2010 and 2011; this resulted in a reverse flow of refugees when transfers to refugees cease five years after integration. Comparing these results back into Kenya and into Kakuma (Oka 2014). More recently, in December 2013, with those in tables 8 and 9 reveals the similarity between the integration-with-aid South Sudan erupted into violence, and since then Kakuma has received almost and integration-without-aid cases. Overall, differences are within a tenth of a 80,000 South Sudanese refugees, some of whom have taken refuge in Kakuma for the percentage point margin in the short-term and long-term, and less than a percentage second time. point in the few years after the aid ceases. For the rest of Kenya, the differences are 9 rounded up to zero, and the gross output increases by 0.4 percent in the long term In the early 1990s, Somali refugees who had entered Kenya from southern Somalia were hosted in under both scenarios. In other words, aid complements and magnifies the effects of four camps in the coastal city of Mombasa. These camps were eventually closed between 1995 and 1997 and their residents were either relocated to Dadaab or Kakuma or repatriated. (Mogire 2013) 50 “What if?” From Encampment to Decampment “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 11 Figure 16: The effects of alternative integration policies on real wages and incomes in Turkana The capacity of the various civic, relief, and development organizations are being taxed to the maximum, necessitating changes in the processes by which relief and TRADABLE SECTOR NON-TRADABLE SECTOR development services are managed and administered by the GoK, UNHCR, and other organizations. The increased refugee population of Kakuma, combined with the Skilled Wages (Tradable) Skilled Wages (Non-tradable) growing population of Kakuma Town, also means that the active interactions and 1.50 1.40 encounters between the refugees and the Turkana hosts will only intensify over time, 1.40 1.38 including both positive and negative. 1.36 Price Price 1.30 1.34 IV. Int r ctions b tw n th r fu s nd th ‘survivor’ trib 1.32 1.20 1.30 Kakuma Town is adjacent to the refugee camp and is the primary residence of the 1.10 1.28 host community, many of whom work in the refugee camp as construction workers, 0 5 10 15 20 25 0 5 10 15 20 25 Years Years domestic servants, security guards, charcoal/firewood producers/sellers, and livestock producers/sellers and even survival sex workers.10 Unskilled Wages (Tradable) Unskilled Wages (Non-tradable) Even prior to 1992, Kakuma was a culturally and economically significant location for the Turkana pastoralists, with a livestock market, primarily controlled by the 0.54 0.55 Somali traders. It also served as a rest-and-fuel stop for truck drivers on the A1 high- 0.52 0.50 0.54 way linking Kitale in Western Kenya to Juba. The town had restaurants, hotels, garag- 0.48 0.53 es, petrol stations and general groceries. The large shops and petrol stations were Price Price 0.46 0.52 owned and operated by Somali traders, while the smaller establishments were 0.44 owned by Turkana and Meru traders. The relationship between the few outsiders at 0.51 0.42 Kakuma and the Turkana residents prior to 1991 was built on over three decades of 0.40 0.50 mutually beneficial interactions, in particular with the Somali trading firms estab- 0 5 10 15 20 25 0 5 10 15 20 25 Years Years lished in Kakuma since the 1960s (Oka 2011a; 2014). The arrival of 35,000 refugees (1992-1993) transformed the socio-economic Skilled Income (Tradable) Skilled Income (Non-tradable) dynamics of Kakuma Town. By 2000, the town’s population had almost doubled (esti- mated at around 9,000) as had the camp’s. Along with the increased avenues for 1.90 1.97 consumption of goods and services, and growing cosmopolitanism, the refugee pres- 1.85 1.80 1.92 ence also fundamentally altered the livestock herding and consumption system 1.75 1.87 among the Turkana. The flood of food aid through Oxfam’s North Turkana Drought Price Price 1.70 1.82 Relief Programme (1992-1994) led to a decrease in the pressure for slaughtering 1.65 livestock, which, combined with the high demand for meat among the (relatively) 1.77 1.60 cash rich refugees passing through Lokichoggio to Kakuma, led to an increase in 1.55 1.72 meat prices and the development of an entirely new group of Turkana brokers, the 0 5 10 15 20 25 0 5 10 15 20 25 Years Years nimuchurus.11 This system left the small producers and herders entirely at the mercy of the brokers, buyers, butchers, and consumers. Unskilled Income (Tradable) Unskilled Income (Non-tradable) The refugees, however, started to provide small jobs to the Turkana that included domestic labor, casual and manual labor, as well as service jobs. UNHCR and the 1.00 1.15 other relief and development organizations also generated jobs in the areas of securi- 0.99 0.98 1.10 ty, construction, maintenance, transport, and clerical jobs. Apart from direct jobs 0.97 1.05 provided by the refugees of the relief-development complex, the Turkana also found Price Price 0.96 1.00 opportunities in supplying other basic necessities to the camp including firewood 0.95 and charcoal, fencing and housing materials, and occasionally livestock in the form 0.95 0.94 of exchange/trade between an individual Turkana producer and a refugee. While 0.93 0.90 0 5 10 15 20 25 0 5 10 15 20 25 10 Years Years Survival sex is not a financial transaction; instead, it involves exchanging one's body for basic subsistence needs. 11 The price of 1kg of meat rose from 6 KES in 1992, to 9 KES in 1993, to 22 KES by 1994 (Bush 1995). Partial I. Complete I. Decampment 12 A Refugee Camp at the Intersection of Turkana’s - and Kenya’s - Development “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 49 there is no typical refugee camp economy (Werker 2007), examples of similar, With labor moving out to other regions, the GRIplp initially decreases by 1.4 percent, vibrant economic interactions between host and refugee communities also abound in and then stabilizes on a 0.5 percent loss in the long term.38 other refugee contexts, challenging the myth of refugees as economically isolated and a burden on host countries. For example, a 2014 study examining refugee economies 2. On prices: Prices in Turkana surge temporarily with integration but collapse with in Uganda found that “refugees often make a positive contribution to the host econo- decampment. my, exemplified by the significant volume of exchange between refugees and Ugan- In both economic integration scenarios, the price of non-tradables in Turkana dan nationals, as well as by refugees’ creation of employment opportunities for Ugan- initially increases (2.3 percent and 7.1 percent in LIS and FIS, respectively) and then dans. The image of isolated and inwards-looking refugees engaged solely in ‘subsis- falls below integration levels in the long term. This initial surge in prices comes from tence farming’ gives way to a more networked reality – one in which refugee farmers the fact that with more purchasing power, refugees consume more. Over time, how- are linked to national and even sub-regional supply chains of agricultural produc- ever, with gradual reallocation of labor, the pressure is eased, and prices fall back to tion” (Betts et al. 2014). levels lower than before the integration.39 Along with the economic interactions, the Turkana also engaged with the refugees In contrast, decampment leads to a complete loss of demand that was generated through friendship and marital alliances, especially with the Sudanese Dinka and by the refugees. As a result, relative prices fall by 10.3 percent initially and stabilize Nuer. The engagement with other groups such as the Congolese, Rwandans, Burundi- at a 6.5 percent lower level in the long-term. Decampment thus leads to a fall in prices ans, Somalis and Ethiopians generally fell along the lines of the Turkana as consum- both in the short and long- terms. ers or workers in the shops and homes of the refugees. Ohta (1996, 2001, 2005) suggests that the narratives of conflict and violence between the two groups served 3. On the rest of Kenya: Integration (marginally) increases economic activity in Kenya to obfuscate the fact that the Turkana and the refugees established complex, mutual- in the long-term. ly beneficial, and enduring relationships between 1992 and 2005. Integrating refugees boosts economic activity across Kenya. In the short-term, economic integration creates a temporary boom in Turkana’s economy. However, as V. Throu h th l ns of th Turk n : N rr tiv s th t sh p th r fu -host both refugees and locals move to other regions in search of higher wages, Turkana’s r l tionship GRP decreases (by 0.4 percent in LIS and 2.9 percent in FIS in the long-term). In both cases, the fall in economic activity is driven by a shrinking non-tradable sector. As Efforts to understand how the Turkana host community perceive and interact with labor moves out to other regions, local demand for non-tradables decreases, forcing the refugees need to be understood in the context of Turkana’s recent history, and a decrease in production. In the meantime, other regions in Kenya enjoy increases in this requires an appreciation of how this history has shaped its people. Interactions economic activity as measured by an increase in GRP (0.1 percent in LIS and 0.4 between Turkana and the refugees are therefore largely shaped by narratives and percent in FIS). The price effects on the rest of Kenya are positive but insignificant.40 the experiences that emerge during these interactions, as categorized in Figure 5 In contrast, the effect of decampment on the rest of Kenya is marginal as mea- below. sured by the change in GRP. This is as expected, given the entire refugee population of Kakuma constitutes less than half a percent of the Kenyan population and the economy of Turkana is itself a tiny fraction of Kenya’s. Figure 5: Narratives shaping the Turkana host communities’ interactions with, and perceptions of refugees 4. On wages: All three scenarios lead to a decline in real wages in Turkana but the mag- nitude depends on the skill set of refugees being integrated and channels of impact. Figure 16 shows the dynamics of real wages in Turkana. Integrating refugees in Super-narrative: the labor force increases the labor supply thereby pushing down wages in the short Turkana as a beleaguered host; neglected other; and resilient local term.41 The largest of these declines, about 18 percent, occurs in the tradable sector. It 38 Interestingly, both the FIS and DS scenarios have similar effects on long-term income (reducing it). Meta-narratives: GRP decreases significantly in both scenarios (-2.9 percent in FIS and -3.3 percent in DS). GRIplp also Refugees as violent other/foreign usurper; government neglect and registers a small decrease (both -0.5 percent) in the long-term. However, the difference is that down-Kenyan discrimination ("Naenda Kenya") decampment decreases GRP and GRIplp even in the short-term (-2.6 percent and -1.4 percent), whereas FIS increases it substantially (+15.1 percent and +6.1 percent). So, decampment leads to a significant loss in both short and longer term welfare. 39 Sub-narratives: This follows from the fact that refugees, who were consuming both tradable and non-tradable goods while in the camp in Turkana, move to other regions. Refugees are good, bad, beneficial 40 This is because labor movement out of Turkana is small compared to the rest of Kenya’s popula- tion. Prices of non-tradable goods in the rest of Kenya increase by just less than half a percent. 41 In the long-term, real wages converge back to their initial levels in Turkana. This is because Turka- na represents a small part of Kenyan economy, with or without refugees. Thus, any large deviations from Kenyan averages are corrected by labor movements in the long term. Likewise, the effects on real wages in the rest of Kenya are small, often less than a percent. 48 “What if?” From Encampment to Decampment “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 13 Table 9: Macroeconomic effects on Kenya under the three scenarios The sub-narratives of refugees as “good” (they are our friends, neighbors, help- ers), or “bad” (they are violent, exploiters, steal resources), or indeed “beneficial” (in INTEGRATION/ terms of trade, employment, bringing in the UN-NGO presence to Turkana) are often +5 +10 +15 +20 +30 +50 DECAMPMENT YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS shaped by larger narratives, which are a product of Turkana’s history of marginaliza- YEAR tion, its vulnerability to climatic changes, and its underdevelopment. For example, Rest of Kenya: Gross Regional Product (GRP) the host community’s perceptions of refugees as good or bad people are influenced by the Turkana internalizing feelings about exclusion and discrimination from the over- (Percentage change from initial equilibrium) all political system, but they are also conditioned by an enveloping, and often appar- ent, view of refugees as foreign usurpers of their land and resources and as the Limited integration 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 violent Other. However, perceptions of host community members who live closer to Full integration 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Kakuma refugee camp and who have frequent interactions with refugees tend to be more nuanced and positive compared to those living in towns further off. The shared Decampment 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 themes and interfaces amongst the meta-narratives are linked to form the overarch- Rest of Kenya: Employment (locals only) ing narrative of Turkana as a county beset by difficulties, but one where its people demonstrate heroic resilience in the face of adversity and neglect. (Percentage change from initial equilibrium) Our analysis suggests that the refugee and Turkana groups largely coexist in a dynamic landscape wherein distrust, reinforced by numerous narratives and experi- Limited integration 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ences of wrongdoing and aggression, might occasionally explode into violence. How- Full integration 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 ever, we also find that such violence and distrust is mitigated by individual and group experiences of cooperation, collaboration, and mutual benefit, largely through the Decampment 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 exchange of labor, goods, services, and aided by the presence of the local commercial market. Not only do the narratives of the Turkana of Kakuma show nuance with Rest of Kenya: Gross Regional Income (GRI) respect to the complexities of their interactions, they usually shape and are shaped by (Percentage change from initial equilibrium) external factors such as the environment. As a predominantly subsistence pastoral population, the Turkana are extremely concerned with the availability of grazing Limited integration 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 land and water, as highlighted by the quote from a refugee below. Full integration 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 “When you see a Turkana man like that, sitting there, not doing anything, on Decampment 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 his stool, holding his stick, you think, why doesn’t he work? But you know from looking at him that he has lost his herd. That man, there, he is broken. GRI per local person (GRIplp) He is broken, because when he lost his herd, his animals, he lost himself…his Limited integration pride, his status.” (Interviewed in Kakuma, August 2010)12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Full integration -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Narratives of suffering as well as resilience in the face of environmental and climatic changes, especially droughts and famines, therefore surface. Decampment 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 These narratives also merge with other narratives about the government and Non-tradable prices political system. The impact of Kakuma refugees on Turkana and Kenya cannot be isolated from an understanding of these historical grievances, as illustrated in the Limited integration 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 quote below. Full integration 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 “The economy of this place is completely controlled by refugees. The UNHCR Decampment 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 is here for the refugees and also most of the NGOs. Even the GoK cares more for the refugees. Only workers who stay here are teachers, most other officers come from down-Kenya13 and even they are being supplemented by 12 Rahul Oka, “Trade, Commerce, and Relief at Kakuma Refugee Camp,” Unpublished Field Notes from the June-August 2010 Season. Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame. 13 The Turkana use the phrases “down Kenya” and “down Kenyans” to refer to the more developed areas of the country and the better-off groups/communities. 14 A Refugee Camp at the Intersection of Turkana’s - and Kenya’s - Development “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 47 UNHCR. Look at Loki [choggio], it was so busy, and then when the UNHCR Table 8: Macroeconomic effects on Turkana under the three scenarios; the full economic integration left, it has become a White Elephant, so much building, and now nothing.” scenario is the most favorable37 (Interviewed in Kakuma, June 2015)14 INTEGRATION/ +5 +10 +15 +20 +30 +50 The Turkana know that they have been neglected and discriminated against and DECAMPMENT YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS YEAR they have struggled with endemic structural violence stemming from their low posi- tion in the Kenyan social, economic, and political hierarchy. This meta-narrative is Turkana: Gross Regional Product (GRP) also shaped by the issues of corruption and graft that adds cynicism and negative (Percentage change from initial equilibrium) outlooks on any intervention where local, regional, or national politicians might play a deciding role. Limited integration 4.7 0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 Full integration 15.1 0.3 -2.1 -2.7 -2.8 -2.9 -2.9 Decampment -2.6 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 Turkana: Employment (locals only) (Percentage change from initial equilibrium) Limited integration -0.8 -1.2 -0.8 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 Full integration -3.6 -7.0 -5.2 -3.9 -3.3 -2.9 -2.8 Decampment -1.2 -2.7 -2.8 -2.8 -2.8 -2.8 -2.8 Turkana: Gross Regional Income (GRI) (Percentage change from initial equilibrium) Limited integration 0.8 -1.6 -1.1 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 Full integration 2.3 -5.3 -4.7 -3.9 -3.6 -3.3 -3.3 Decampment -2.6 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 -3.3 GRI per local person (GRIplp) Limited integration 1.6 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 Full integration 6.1 1.9 0.5 0.0 0.3 -0.4 -0.5 Decampment -1.4 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 Non-tradable prices Limited integration 2.3 -0.6 -0.8 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0 -1.0 Full integration 7.1 -3.5 -5.3 -5.9 -6.1 -6.3 -6.3 Decampment -10.3 -6.8 -6.5 -6.5 -6.5 -6.5 -6.5 14 This respondent was interviewed as part of the social assessment of this joint World Bank-UNHCR 37 These simulation results depict the scenarios if the Kenyan Government changes its refugee policy study. to economic integration or decampment. 46 “What if?” From Encampment to Decampment “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 15 to receive the same level of transfers, and one where transfers cease to exist after full economic integration. 3. Decampment scenario (DS): What if, starting today, Kakuma refugee camp is shut down, and all refugees are suddenly moved to other countries (be it their countries of origin or third countries). This is the immediate camp closure scenario. The effects of these three scenarios are measured against the encampment base- line. In particular, effects are measured by changes in aggregate income, prices, and wages in the host community and in the rest of Kenya. Before delving into results, what should one intuitively expect, temporally and spatially? Temporally, given that refugees constitute approximately one fifth of Turkana’s population, we expect that their participation in the work force in all three scenarios ought to create major ripple effects (especially in the full integration scenario). These effects, though, are most felt in the immediate, short-term. In the long-term, as labor becomes mobile and is gradually absorbed by the rest of Kenya, these effects become diffused over time. 3. Ass ssin Imp ct: M thods Spatially, we expect the effects to be concentrated in the order of Kakuma, Turka- na, and then the rest of Kenya. The effect on the rest of Kenya ought to be marginal at best. This is because the entire refugee population of Kakuma constitutes less than I. Imp ct m ns diff r nt thin s to diff r nt p opl half a percent of the Kenyan population, and the economy of Turkana is itself a tiny W fraction of Kenya’s. hen talking about “impact”, the first question that comes to mind is “impact on what?” For economists, it is the “impact on welfare” which is the II. Simul tion R sults ultimate measure. Related is the question of “impact on whom?” Is it an individual’s welfare? The welfare of refugees? Or that of hosts? Or indeed, society’s The simulation results of these three scenarios are summarized in the tables 8 and 9, welfare, which includes both refugees and hosts? In our case, we assess how the pres- followed by an interpretation. For a more detailed breakdown of the results, refer to ence of refugees has affected the welfare of the Turkana people. However, because Appendix B and the background report on the economic impacts, which provides an welfare includes subjective measures (technically speaking, utility), which are in-depth discussion on these results and the implications of changes in assumptions. normally not observed in data, we need to rely on more measurable indicators. The cash income of an individual provides a good approximation in this case. Because 1. On income: Integration boosts local income for about 25 years; decampment reduces individuals are heterogeneous (for example, depending on whether they are net it permanently. buyers or net sellers or how they earn their incomes), the impact at individual levels, Both economic integration scenarios (limited and full) boost per capita income in naturally, will vary depending on whether the presence of refugees materially Turkana – the key summary economic activity indicator– during the transition. In the increases their purchasing power or affects other non-material aspects of their case of limited economic integration, the Gross Regional Income per local person well-being. Some host community members will benefit, others won’t. The sum effect (GRIplp) rises by 1.6 percent. Full economic integration leads to an even greater of these individual welfare changes then gives us a reasonable approximation of increase of a 6.1 percent in GRIplp. This effect tapers off, however, going back to zero “impact”. in the medium term, and to a small negative effect in the long-term for Turkana as Disaggregating the concept of impact, the inflow of refugees generates multidi- economic gains are diffused in the rest of Kenya (as labor migrates from Turkana to mensional effects. These effects in turn manifest themselves primarily through two the rest of Kenya). Although permanent effects on GRIplp are small in Turkana, there mechanisms: market and non-market. Market mechanisms are those that affect are substantial transitory gains for about 25 years during the run up to a new equilib- welfare of individuals primarily through prices of goods, services, labor, and other rium. factors of production. Non-market mechanisms are those that affect welfare through In contrast, decampment, i.e. closing the camp today, leads to permanent income goods and services for which prices do not exist, such as environmental spillovers loss in Turkana. Shutting down the camp and moving all the refugees out of Kenya’s from the camp, including land use change and exhaustion of water sources, which borders imposes a negative demand shock in Turkana’s economy. As a result, there is may hurt local consumers and producers alike. They could also include subtle chang- a permanent reduction of 3.3 percent in Turkana’s Gross Regional Product (GRP).36 es in social, cultural, and security aspects as well. Figure 6 outlines the numerous channels of transmission of refugee presence on the host community. 36 To put this into perspective, a simple calculation can be used to provide dollar-based magnitudes Both market and non-market mechanisms are challenging to assess in a compre- of impact. Bundervoet et al (2015) estimated the Gross Regional Product in Turkana to be $270 hensive, rigorous, and analytical manner, and even more so in data-poor economies. million in 2013 (in 2005 dollars). Thus, a 3.3 percent loss is equivalent to about $8.9 million. Assum- ing a population of 1.2 million locals, this translates to an approximate $7.5 loss per person per year (in 2005 dollars). 16 Assessing Impact: Methods “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 45 Figure 6: Total impact is the sum of market and non-market impacts Aid, Remittances, Wages Refugees and Aid Workers Demand Side Effects: Supply Side Effects: Environmental Degradation: Aid and remittances increase Labor force participation; aid Firewood use lead to NON-MARKET MECHANISM demand for goods and services packages increase supply of food deforestation; pollution MARKET MECHANISM Environmental and Effects on Price Effects on Income Public Goods Effects 5. “Wh t if?” From Encampment to Decampment Income loss for producers of Loss in access to natural Food provided in aid packages, resources; greater access F Prices of non-tradable income gain for producers in to public goods through or Kenyan policy makers, the key question is how to maximize the (economic) goods increase non-tradable sectors facilities built for refugees benefits of the presence of refugees while minimizing the costs. Is this best done by preserving the status quo (encampment)? Or by absorbing refugees within the Kenyan economy (economic integration, limited or full)? Or even, as is currently the case, by suddenly closing down the camp and moving refugees out of Welfare Impact on Host Communities Kenya– the “Not in my Back Yard” – i.e. decampment – scenario? In this chapter, we provide a forward-looking comparison among these alterna- tive options. Starting with encampment as the baseline, we develop and assess three alternative options in terms of their transitory and permanent effects on host com- Moreover, the short-term impact (with fixed factors of production such as land and munity welfare. labor) could be different than the long-term ones, which renders static analyses ques- tionable.15 Thus, any attempts to assess the impact of refugees on host community welfare need to devote a substantial amount of effort to developing the most relevant I. Wh t if…polic sc n rios analytical strategy in the specific set of constraints provided by the case. We simulate the effects of three “What if” policy scenarios regarding refugee settle- The rest of this chapter lays out the methods we developed on both the market and ments. Encampment, the status quo, is the baseline, and is the state where all refu- non-market fronts, including caveats, nuances, and subtleties. To those who may not gees are confined in the camp, have no legal permits for work outside the camp, read beyond this section, the upshot is we assess market-based welfare changes (the receive some transfers in the form of international aid and remittances, and “economic assessment”) through developing a multi-sector general equilibrium consume both tradable and non-tradable goods in Turkana. These three policy model and an empirical approach that focuses on channels of transmission and the scenarios are explained below: aggregate impact by using a carefully constructed, albeit, imperfect set of counterfac- tuals. We assess non-market welfare effects (the “social assessment”) through ethno- 1. Limited (economic) integration scenario (LIS): What if, starting today, only graphic research. It is worth noting that the economic assessment involved extensive skilled refugees are allowed to work outside the camp, anywhere in Kenya? Unskilled primary data gathering on key economic indicators such as prices of land, livestock, refugees remain in the camp, and both refugee types continue to receive the same housing, and so on, and the social assessment involved large scale-surveys of stress levels of transfers (aid and remittances). and health indicators through interviews and anthropometric measurements over 2. Full (economic) integration scenario (FIS): What if, starting today, all refugees, the duration of the project. Indeed, assessing welfare implications of refugee inflows skilled and unskilled, are granted legal permits to live and work anywhere in Kenya. is neither simple nor quick. In order to focus on the effects of integration, we assume that refugees continue to 15 receive the same level of transfers in the form of remittances and aid. However, we Fixed factors of production are factors that cannot be changed quickly or easily. also show that gains from integration are primarily driven by market mechanisms by comparing the two cases of full economic integration – one where refugees continue 44 Assessing Impact: Results in 3D “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 17 Winn rs nd los rs: A compl x nd nu nc d pictur m r s II. Economic (m rk t) imp ct: M thods The three dimensional analysis and results show that the refugee presence in Before delving into the details of the methods, it is worth discussing how supply and Kakuma has had a nuanced economic and social impact on host communities – not demand shocks, as a result of the refugee presence, conceptually affect the Turkana just in the immediate vicinity, but also in the Turkana County. The impact is generally economy. It is the intersection of supply and demand that establishes prices of goods positive in the aggregate. The refugee presence boosts overall economic activity and and services, as well as those of labor and other factors of production, and it is these is also associated with better nutritional outcomes; however, such impacts are prices that anchor the assessment of the economic impact. concentrated both spatially and temporally with certain characteristics of the econo- On the supply side, refugee inflows could affect market conditions for food and my, aggravating or mitigating them. Activities in non-tradable sectors benefit, but labor. Aid by humanitarian organizations, coordinated by UNHCR, unambiguously those in the tradable sectors don’t. There is also significant heterogeneity in the increases food supply, which has an effect on food prices because of the interesting impact of the refugee presence on host community incomes and consumption. dynamic we observe in Kakuma: refugees often sell food aid in local markets to buy Households with access to small businesses and farm incomes appear to be non-aid goods. This could depress prices of aid goods (and their close substitutes), better-buffered from short term shocks, while wage-earner and animal-selling especially since aid goods are procured internationally or from the rest of Kenya, and households suffer more from them. When it comes to specific markets, the impact on given the difficulties in Turkana’s transportation network which create supply bottle- agriculture and housing is positive, but on livestock it is negative. While difficult to necks. In the labor market, if refugee inflow increases the supply of workers, then assert causality, the presence of refugees seems to be associated with greater physical wages would be depressed. If refugees are allowed to work, then the supply of labor well-being but not necessarily mental well-being. Also, perceptions do not always will increase and wages will decrease (especially in the short term). To the extent that match evidence: the sophistication and the frequency of the more nuanced narra- labor is an important input to production, the decrease in wages may consequently tives and perception of “refugees are good/beneficial” is inversely proportional to the lower the prices of goods that are labor-intensive in production (for example, distance from Kakuma refugee camp. In addition, there is no clear evidence to construction). In the case of Kakuma, refugees are not generally allowed to work suggest that the refugee presence has pushed populations away or pulled them in. outside the camp. However, a number of refugees found employment in translation Before we turn to the next chapter – of what the economy would look like under work for the UN and NGOs, as well as other positions within the camp structure. Refu- various policy scenarios – there are three important reminders that need be kept in gees may also work informally outside the camp, thus providing labor market compe- mind. tition for locals, a complaint that has often been voiced by the Turkana people (Aukot, First, the eclectic methodologies from which these results are derived come with 2003). important caveats (as discussed in the previous chapter). Second, these impacts – On the demand side, the presence of refugees – and the ubiquitous crowding in of both the scale and the distribution – are shaped by policy choices and the historical, humanitarian workers – increases demand for all goods and services. Prices in cultural and institutional environment, in particular, the norms and rules that regu- non-tradable sectors (i.e., goods and services that cannot be traded in locations late interactions between refugees and host communities. Finally, the choice of distant from where they are produced, such as housing, land, restaurants, and hotels) where to locate a refugee camp is arguably the most important choice that dictates are particularly sensitive to such changes in demand. Holding supply of such goods these impacts. Refugee camps, almost by definition, are located in peripheral, mar- fixed, additional demand will increase their prices, especially in the short-term. For ginalized areas with poor connectivity and infrastructure. It is places like Kakuma instance, because housing supply cannot react very quickly to large increases in and Mbera, and not Kuala Lumpur or Manhattan where refugees are settled. Since demand, prices must adjust as a result of the influx of displaced individuals and host governments are essentially giving up land that could be used for their own humanitarian workers. In the case of Kakuma and Turkana, this effect on prices may benefit, the land allocated for refugees does not tend to be of the highest quality. not be exclusive to non-tradables. For example, if the supply of tradable goods cannot Kakuma and Dadaab are obvious examples, and Perouse de Montclos and Kagwanja adjust quickly as a result of supply bottlenecks, they effectively become non-tradable, (2000) describe the reasoning: and their prices will increase as well in the short-term. Given limited connectivity of the Turkana region, it is reasonable to assume that high transaction costs, because of “The government feared that the refugees might become settled in valuable delays and limited communication, create supply bottlenecks, thereby limiting the areas of the country, especially in the highlands. Accordingly, the Kakuma smooth adjustment of tradable prices and effectively making them more or less and Dadaab camps were located in a semi-arid environment with a density non-tradable in the short term.16 of less than 0.05 inhabitants per hectare, compared with 5 in rural districts Overall, the net effect of the refugee presence on prices is determined by the like Kisii.” (Werker 2007). simultaneous interaction of supply and demand forces. The net effect, however, is ambiguous. In the market for non-tradables, for example, where demand-side Thus, equal attention needs to be paid in developing such areas. As alluded to in impacts are likely to dominate other effects, prices will increase in the short-term. other parts of the report, devolution and natural resources are potential game chang- ers that can shape the future of Kakuma, Turkana, and indeed Kenya’s future. But can 16 One exception is when the supply of such goods also increases because refugees provide them; for refugees also play a role in shaping Turkana’s future? Relying primarily on our simu- example, constituents of aid packages. lation model, we assess these possibilities in the following chapter. 18 Assessing Impact: Methods “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 43 Owners of land and housing should appreciate this. The consumers of the types of Figure 15: “Worries” among the host community in Kakuma, disaggregated by gender and age goods found in the aid basket will also benefit from lower prices. For those competing with refugees in the labor market, or producing foods found in the aid basket, effects 1.6 100 are likely to be negative.17 In the market for tradables that face supply rigidity, the 90 price of aid-related goods is likely to decrease if aid is imported and if imports exceed 1.4 the additional demand generated by the incoming population (which is likely the 80 case in Kakuma). However, if aid were locally purchased, or if the additional demand 1.2 70 is greater than the amount of imported aid, prices would increase. Complicating this picture is that in the long-term, a “labor reallocation effect” could magnify or mitigate 1.0 60 the demand and supply shocks triggered by refugee arrivals.18 A perceived existence of new employment opportunities in areas surrounding the camp, and associated 0.8 50 increases in wages, may draw individuals from other parts of the region (the labor 40 reallocation effect), thus putting more upward pressure on local prices, a phenome- 0.6 non known as the “Dutch disease”. The complexity of the problem therefore requires 30 0.4 a careful approach since refugee arrivals have different effects on market outcomes 20 and on welfare of different host community groups. With this context in mind, we 0.2 develop a novel methodology for assessing the impacts on each channel of transmis- 10 sion such as price, income, and labor reallocation effects, and subsequently, the 0.0 0 aggregate economic effect. Female Male Female Male (a) Average no. of refugee related worries by gender (b) Proportion of refugee related worries by gender II( ). Th cor of th conomic ss ssm nt: Th or nd vid nc 1.6 100 Having outlined what we mean by impact, we now describe how we measure it. Impact is the difference between an actual, observable outcome of refugee presence 90 1.4 in Kakuma and a hypothetical case in which Kakuma did not receive any refugees. This is the “counterfactual” and in constructing one, we face an immediate challenge. 80 1.2 Information about pre-camp Kakuma is scarce, and there are no ideal counterfactual 70 cases in Turkana– that is, there are no towns exactly like Kakuma that did not host a 1.0 refugee camp between 1991 and the present, and that were unaffected by the events 60 in Kakuma, to which changes in Kakuma could be compared. Box 1 outlines the selec- 0.8 50 tion of the counterfactual candidates under these constraints. 40 0.6 30 0.4 20 17 It is important to note that this framework revolves around market prices. For rural households 0.2 that do not participate in markets, prices may not be the relevant mechanism through which to 10 analyze impacts. Households entirely dependent upon their own production may find themselves facing prices which favor their entry into the market, thus transitioning from a state of autarky to 0.0 0 one of trade, and vice versa. 18-35 36-55 56-81 18-35 36-55 56-81 18 Note also that humanitarian workers may present a unique demand-side shock given the large Age Age differences in both tastes and income relative to the local population. Aid workers may have particu- (c) Average no. of refugee related worries by age (d) Proportion of refugee related worries by age larly large impacts in the market for ''luxury'' items such as household servants, restaurant meals, and certain food items. In addition, the aid agencies themselves constitute a new source of labor Positive Interactions Negative Interactions Neutral or No Interactions Systemic Neglect market demand, particularly for skilled and semi-skilled individuals. In our assessment, however, Kakuma represents a somewhat unique case since all foreign workers are housed in a compound adjacent to the camp, and hence do not directly increase demand for local housing. The presence of the camp may still indirectly affect local housing markets to the extent that the camp attracts local workers into the housing market in Kakuma Town for which we see some evidence, though it is largely anecdotal. 42 Assessing Impact: Results in 3D “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 19 Figure 14: Total number of “worries” across locations in Turkana Box 1: Selection of counterfactual towns 70 70 Counterfactual towns are used for detecting Kakuma-specific effects. By comparing how an indicator changes with distance to Kakuma and how it changes with distance to 60 60 other towns, the analysis is able to capture some Kakuma-specific effects, albeit in an 50 50 imperfect manner. If these towns are taken to have been similar prior to the establish- Frequency Frequency ment of Kakuma refugee camp, then current outcomes for households in these 40 40 locations reflect differences resulting from shocks that are unique to each of them. 30 30 Finding comparable towns to Kakuma Town was difficult. The candidates needed to be of similar size to Kakuma in 1989 (which had a population of 5,887), and be close to the 20 20 Kitale-Juba highway. Within Turkana, there are four market towns with such character- 10 10 istics: Lokichar (pop. 4,887), Lokori (pop. 5,590), Kangatet (pop. 5,590), and Lokwal Kalokol (pop. 6,842). Because Lokwal Kalokol is off the main highway and Kangatet too 0 0 close to Lokori, they were ruled out. Security challenges made it impossible to arrive at 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lokori, and based on discussions with Turkana and UNHCR staff, it was replaced with Number of Worries Reported Number of Worries Reported Lorugum, located on the main highway, west of Lodwar en route to Uganda, and Location: Kakuma Location: Lokichoggio halfway between Lokichar and Kakuma. 70 70 Overall, the household survey for Turkana was implemented in Lorugum, Lokichoggio, 60 60 Lokichar and Kakuma, all located in a very arid region, but also close to key resources needed for successful pastoralism – rivers. They serve as important bases of opera- 50 50 tions for many pastoralist households. More information on the selection of the house- Frequency Frequency hold sample conducted for this report is provided in the appendix. 40 40 One important caveat is that these counterfactuals are at best imperfect. Because of its 30 30 presence near an unstable border, Lokichoggio is clearly different from the other towns 20 20 in the sample, and can only be taken as a very loose “future scenario.” In the case of the Lokichar and Lorugum subsamples, their use as counterfactuals could be problem- 10 10 atic because of spillovers – i.e., migration of households or price effects which trickle down from Kakuma. It is encouraging to note that we found no strong evidence of such 0 0 potential problems in the data. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Number of Worries Reported Number of Worries Reported Location: Lorengo Location: Lorugum Lokichoggio, the original site of what is now the Kakuma refugee camp, was included as an additional comparison town, but it serves a different purpose. It provides an example of what happens when “aid leaves,” which may be a potential future scenario prevalence of street children in and around the camp and Kakuma Town who are for Kakuma. searching for itinerant work. The chief of Kakuma Town identified the proliferation of street children as one of the major issues affecting the Turkana community since these children leave the pastoralist cycle and migrate into Kakuma where they work The next step was to construct an empirical base; i.e., a variety of summary statis- carrying water jerrycans, shining shoes, and so on. While there is currently no data tics from surveys, and analyses of separate data sources for the camp, Kakuma Town, on the presence of street children and child laborers in Turkana, summary data from and the counterfactual towns. Prevailing data sources include household characteris- a registration census conducted in 2011 by the HSNP helps to corroborate the qualita- tics from Kenyan censuses and a registration census by Hunger Safety Net Program tive impressions we gathered on the ground. These data indicate that Kakuma has a (HSNP), price data from the Famine Early Warning System (FEWSNET) and Livestock smaller distribution of school-aged children and a larger distribution of children Information Network Knowledge System (LEWS), refugee counts from UNHCR, and living outside the settlement, thereby providing suggestive evidence of street aid delivery statistics from the World Food Programme (WFP). Box 2 gives a flavor of children as an issue of concern. these sources. In addition, household surveys for this report were undertaken in 2015 in both Kakuma refugee camp and in residential areas, near and far from the 20 Assessing Impact: Methods “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 41 camp. Slightly different instruments were used for households within the camp (the analogous to the development process at Lorugum; the refugee presence is more refugee survey) and those outside the camp (the Turkana survey). Both included highly correlated with greater physical well-being of the host community as a result modules on household demography, income, and perceptions. Information on of greater access to food (or cash) in exchange for goods, services, and labor, along consumption was also collected, albeit in a limited fashion, and only intended to with other services, intended for the refugees, that are also available or easily acces- detect short-term changes in consumption. sible to the host community. Result 12: The presence of refugees may lead to differences in psychosocial Box 2: External sources of data stress34 within the host community: Turkana men report more “worries” than women, as do the middle-aged and the elderly. Each informant was asked to list This report accesses a wide variety of data sources, which are described in detail in this worries and concerns in their lives without any limitations on the number and with- box, and will be referred to in the remainder of the report. out ranking them. These worries were categorized into eight main stressor catego- ries: water, food, health, livestock, environment, economy, refugees, and transporta- i. Kenyan Census: We use the Kenyan Census data from 1979, 1989, 1999, and 2009 tion. The host community was also asked about refugee-related worries and percep- (GoK, 1989, 1999, 2009). Data from 1989-2009 were linked to GIS data obtained from tions across all four sites to calculate negative, positive, and neutral perceptions the Kenya Open Data Initiative website. Household covariates for a 10% subsample towards the refugees. Figure 14 presents the average number of “worries” as an from these censuses were used in some of the background statistics above, where indicator of psychosocial stress, and figure 15 disaggregates the number of worries as available, and were downloaded from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series Inter- reported by men and women, as well as young, middle-aged, and older adults. The national website (IPUMs International 2015). mean number of worries reported is higher in Kakuma (3.72) than any other location ii. Hunger Safety Net Program (HSNP): A key source of information on the entire (Lokichoggio=2.99; Lorengo=3.36; Lorugum=2.7). This suggests that while Turkana in Turkana region is the registration census conducted by the HSNP (2015). This program Kakuma have greater access to food and other resources than in Lokichoggio and is one of a variety of cash transfer programs operated by the Kenyan Government. Lorengo, the refugee camp presents variation in the type of psychosocial stress that HSNP specifically supports the poorest households of Turkana, Mandera, Wajir, and is significantly greater than these two sites, and also (but not substantially) Lorugum, Marsabit Counties, with the objective of reducing extreme hunger and vulnerability. again suggesting that refugee presence is analogous to the development process in Over 140,000 households were registered in the Turkana region, and about 40,000 Lorugum. eventually received support from the program (Fitzgibbons 2014). As seen in these figures, on average and proportionally, Turkana men report more The registration dataset intends to be a census of all possible recipients of the program, negative and fewer positive interactions with the refugees than Turkana women. and was undertaken between October 2012 and June 2013. The data includes a variety Men also report more systemic problems than women. In terms of age, younger of household covariates, including age, gender, education, and occupation of the Turkana have more positive interactions with the refugees, while the middle-aged household head, as well as of other family members, livestock holdings, and a predict- and older Turkana report relatively fewer positive experiences with refugees and ed consumption variable, which HSNP calls a “proxy means test.” We use this data both slightly more proportions and averages of negative interactions. to provide background statistics as well as to serve as a sample frame for our own These collective findings35 suggest that the Turkana of Lorugum and Kakuma household survey. show a greater proportion of worries dealing with jobs, unemployment, education, iii. Price data: Data on prices came from two sources: The Famine Early Warning and school fees – worries that would only emerge when such opportunities exist System (FEWSNET) provided monthly price data on agricultural and some livestock within the area. The presence of development in both areas might explain why the goods from 2000 onwards for 11 markets throughout Kenya. Unfortunately, however, residents of Lorugum and Kakuma share these worries with other groups across we could only use this data descriptively, since the Turkana markets had significant Kenya. On the other hand, worries over ill health, thirst, and livestock illness, largely numbers of missing observations. Livestock prices from 37 markets between 2004 and held by older men and women across the four locations, disproportionately affect 2013 came from the Livestock Information Network Knowledge System, and collabora- younger and middle-aged men and women in Lorengo and Lokichoggio. tion between the Government of Kenya, USAID, and the UC Davis GLCRSP group An additional source of worry for Kakuma residents, which was not formally (LEWS 2015). This data averages transactions for different breeds and types of tested but has been raised by Turkana leaders on a number of occasions, is the livestock undertaken on market day in each market location approximately twice per month. 34 The analysis of the psychosocial stressor data examines different stressor categories: water, food, iv. UNHCR refugee counts: Annual refugee numbers prior to 2007 have been taken health, livestock, environment, economy, refugees, and transportation. The larger set of interactions from published UNHCR sources. Monthly refugee numbers between 2007 and 2015 is combined into four categories: positive, negative, neutral, and systemic (relate to broader develop- ment issues in Turkana). were provided by the UNHCR. 35 Using SSF as a proxy for nutritional status, worry codes were placed into the above stressor catego- v. WFP statistics: Similarly, information on food aid deliveries was absent prior to ries, which were treated as dummy variables. A series of t-tests were used to assess whether the 2007. From that date onwards we have monthly food aid deliveries to Kakuma in metric mean of skinfold sum varied significantly between those who reported worries in a given category tons. and those who did not. Based on these tests, only worries related to health, livestock, and raiding appear to be correlated with nutritional status (p<0.05). 40 Assessing Impact: Results in 3D “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 21 undernourishment is a normal state of affairs in Turkana County, even in areas Using empirics for calibrations, the final step was to build a multi-sector general where residents enjoy proximity and relatively easier access to relief and develop- equilibrium model tailored to Kakuma to simulate the impact. The simulations gener- ment services and resources such as Kakuma and Lorugum. Kakuma has a greater ated a set of results that we can look for in the empirical analysis, after which we can presence of public services due to the presence of the refugees, while Lorugum has identify the unexpected results and find potential explanations for them.19 Details of benefited from almost 20 years of consistent attention and investment due to the the simulations and modeling can be gleaned in the background economic impact Turkwel Hydroelectric Power Plant, which enables agriculture and more sustainable assessment paper, but in essence, this approach (simulations and empirics) permits pastoralism. us to capture price, income, and labor reallocation effects of refugee arrivals in a Table 7 shows the results of the sum of skinfold (SSF) measurements of 600 systematic manner. Box 3 encapsulates the relevant technical detail. respondents from the four sites. These differences are statistically significant for both women (p<0.001) and men (p<0.05). The higher average SSF values at Kakuma Box 3: Simulations and empirics and Lorugum suggest that the Turkana residents of these locations have far greater access to nutritional security and health than the Turkana of Lokichoggio and Loren- The analysis uses a model that builds on Artuc et al. (2008) and Artuc et al. (2010). The go. This could be because the Turkana of Kakuma have greater access to food and initial economic environment features 42 symmetric regions, one of which is Turkana hence, nutritional security due to the presence of the camp. In the case of Lorugum, (based on its population share), one non-tradable sector in each region, and a common it could again be due to the presence of consistent development as a result of the tradable sector whose price is given independently. There are two types of workers: Turkwel Hydroelectric Power Plant, which has led to greater food security. skilled and unskilled, with the former having higher productivity. They are imperfect substitutes in the production of all goods. Local workers and refugees are perfect substitutes provided that they are the same type, e.g., both skilled or both unskilled. All Table 7: Average host community SSF measurements are higher at Kakuma and workers earn wages that are equal to their marginal productivities. There is also a fixed Lorugum, suggesting residents have greater access to nutritional security and health factor of production in each region (land) that is owned by locals. The rents to this factor are shared by the locals (non-refugees). Locations Gender Average SSF Standard Deviation Female 30.85 19.82 One helpful feature of this approach is that it pays special attention to mobility of labor Kakuma across geographic regions and sectors. Host community members, and if permitted, Male 17.02 9.37 Female 23.40 12.68 refugees as well, can rationally change jobs across sectors or move to a different region Lokichoggio at any point in time. The decision to move is based on a comparison between the cost Male 14.29 2.99 of movement, which is paid only once at the time of movement, and the expected Female 17.57 7.29 Lorengo change in the person’s lifetime income after that movement. Male 14.09 3.05 Female 33.17 20.68 These simulations help us understand the underlying mechanisms on two fronts: first, Lorugum Male 16.22 7.45 they allow us to capture the labor reallocation effect, and second, they help disentangle the short and medium-term outcomes. Economic and social impact analyses of refugee arrivals often overlook the labor reallocation effect, which can be significant. This is The results of both the BMI and (especially) the SSF data, controlling for age, partially because such effects are difficult to capture in partial equilibrium approaches gender, livelihood, distance to town centers, and lower BMI and lower Body Fat that are often used to identify the effects on income or price. However, as demonstrated Content expected among pastoralists, suggest that the host community of Kakuma by Artuc et al. (2010), to calculate welfare effects, one needs to take account of the has better nutritional access/status than those at Lokichoggio or Lorengo, and its constant inter-industry gross flows of workers observed in the data. These gross flows results are similar to those of Lorugum. Although this could be due to access to cere- are large and have significant effects on welfare calculations. Indeed, due to these flow als and carbohydrates at Kakuma as opposed to the more meat/milk based diet effects, the short-term outcomes (during which the supply side of the economy is not yet among pastoralists in more rural areas such as Lorengo, SSF is a well-recognized settled into a new equilibrium) could be significantly different than the long-term ones indicator of energy status, regardless of the diet. Furthermore, higher SSF values, on (by when all adjustments are completed and economy reaches a new steady-state). average, are excellent indicators of access to foods that provide higher energy status. Further, as a caveat, sorghum has always been a staple food for the Turkana (Lam- phear 1988; Mirzeler 2009; Wright et al 2015). The Turkana are not cereal averse, they just have culturally modified ways in which older people eschew cereals so that 19 The choice of empirical approach is to a large extent driven by the availability of data. For younger people can get access, especially during droughts and famines, a practice instance, whereas a simple comparison of population densities over time is used for assessing labor confirmed by study respondents across all sites. While more analysis is needed to reallocation effects, regressions that take advantage of the spatially stratified nature of the price ascertain this for a fact, including a closer look at diet and water, sanitation, and data are used for detecting the price effects in livestock markets. More detailed descriptions of estimation approaches are described in the companion economic impact assessment. hygiene (WASH), the presence of refugees at Kakuma seems to be filling a gap 22 Assessing Impact: Methods “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 39 In sum, the simulations project both the transition paths of prices, real wages, lifetime religion, and health status, as well as access to cash. They also mentioned that, within income, and labor reallocation across industries and regions, as well as permanent the patriarchal system found among most groups in the refugee and the host commu- shifts in them – a novel feature of our approach. Although the magnitude of our results nities, motherhood, which is usually seen as a status-enhancing factor, can in the case are sensitive to numerical exactitude in simulations, which at times may be difficult as a of single mothers, become a conduit for stigmatization and exclusion of both the result of data limitations, overall, the qualitative results are generally robust to changes women and their children. Motherhood might also increase the risk of victimhood in numerical assumptions. and/or exploitation as the women who have children at home and need to bring cash or food every day might be less likely to report assaults or discrimination. Turkana men have a more varied set of interactions with the refugees in that they III. Soci l (non-m rk t) imp ct: M thods benefit from providing labor to the refugees and NGOs (as construction workers and security guards, respectively). However, their primary service of providing goods The primary purpose of this component was to assess and analyze the net social (livestock, charcoal in larger quantities) are controlled by the nimuchurus, the (including psychosocial and socio-economic) costs and benefits of the presence of brokers who prevent easy access to the men. The Turkana men are more likely to refugees on the host communities in Turkana County using an ethnographic engage in social interactions with the refugees in consumption of the stimulant miraa approach to gain data on social and economic behaviors, motivations, perceptions, and locally produced alcohol, which often results in violence. They are also more and agendas of both the host and refugee communities. We conducted ethnographic likely than women to produce the narratives of the “refugee as the violent Other”. research in the four towns of Kakuma, Lodwar, Lorugum, and Lokichoggio in May Result 11: The presence of refugees is highly correlated with greater physical and June 2015. well-being of the host community as measured by Body Mass Index and (espe- cially) the Skin Fold measurements.32 Nutritional data on height and weight (mass) III( ). Ethno r phic th m s: measurements were used to calculate BMI (= body mass (kg)/(height/m2)]. According to the WHO, the average BMI for women and men is 19.2 and 18.2, respectively, and To understand the social economies of the Turkana and the refugees of Kakuma, we the underweight threshold for women and men is <19.5 and <18.5, respectively. As used ethnographic approaches following a longitudinal study that has been ongoing seen in Table 6, the average BMI for both men and women was higher in Kakuma in and around Kakuma since 2008, including participant observation with the Turka- (presence of refugees) and Lorugum (presence of development) than at Lorengo or na in their homes and villages. Lokichoggio (no development). We elicited data using participant observations, intensive semi-structured inter- views, and focus group discussions.21 The participants (n=121) interviewed were Table 6: Average BMI of host community members is higher in Kakuma and Lorugum selected from the refugee (n=30) and the host community (n=91), primarily through than at Lorengo or Lokichoggio33 contacts from previous research in Kakuma (see Ohta 2005; Oka 2014; Hastorf 2008; Horn 2014). Precautions were taken to make sure that the non-initial participants Locations Men Women and assistants selected were from different ethnic and social groups within both refu- gee and host communities. While these initial contacts/research assistants might Kakuma 18.24 19.27 have heard about each other, care was taken to ensure that they live and work in non-overlapping social networks. This also ensured that the participants would also Lokichoggio 18.05 19.14 hail from different social networks. Lorengo 18.21 18.63 Box 4 outlines the seven themes selected for the ethnographic research. These ethnographic themes were built around previous ethnographic work on the informal Lorugum 18.29 19.61 and formal economies of Kakuma and Turkana County (de Montclos and Kagwanja 2000; Ohta 2001, 2005; Oka 2011a, 2014), guiding the interview process while leaving space for further information, clarification, or refutation. However, it is worth noting that the overall figures are worrying in terms of the physical well-being and nutritional profiles of the Turkana; the figures suggest that 32 Body Mass Index (BMI) and Sum-of-Skinfold (SSF) enable the calculation of body fat percentage (BFP). Essential body fat is necessary to maintain life and reproductive functions. While BMI is useful as an approximate indicator of indicators, SSF is seen as a more accurate indicator of BFP. It is based on a skinfold test, also known as a pinch test, whereby a pinch of skin is precisely measured by calipers at several standardized points on the body to determine the subcutaneous fat layer thick- ness. (Campbell et al. 2005). 33 These differences are not statistically significant (with the exception of young women in Lorugum and Lorengo (p=0.06). 38 Assessing Impact: Results in 3D “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 23 equal across all the sites (including the county capital, Lodwar, where 4 out of 10 Box 4: Ethnographic research themes informants revealed negative perceptions about the refugees) as seen in Figure 13. The analysis also shows that both the sophistication and the frequency of the The seven ethnographic themes selected for the social impact analysis are: more nuanced narratives and perception of “refugees are good/beneficial” are i. Socio-economic mapping inversely proportional to the distance from Kakuma refugee camp. The frequency of ii. Social services interactions between hosts and refugees that is directly correlated with distance iii. Social organization and structure from the camp also correlates with the complexity of perceptions held by the host iv. Economic participation community. Hence, the likelihood that a member of the host community has negative v. Community organization and participation perceptions of the refugees does not vary significantly with distance. However, the vi. Conflict and violence likelihood that a member of the host community has positive perceptions of the refu- vii. Developmental activities gees decreases with the distance from the camp. The background social impact analysis paper presents in-depth the questions asked under each of these themes, but broadly speaking, questions ranged from what are the Figure 13: Trends in positive and negative perceptions of refugees among coping strategies (both positive and adverse/negative strategies) that have been adopt- the Turkana of Kakuma, Lorengo, Lokichoggio, Lodwar, and Lorugum ed both by host and refugee communities, to the way the arrival and protracted stay of 60 refugees affected coping strategies among the host communities. On conflict, we asked Percentage of Respondents Reporting % questions on the type and prevalence of conflict and violence among host and refugee 50 communities, including sexual and gender-based violence, and the effectiveness of conflict resolution and peace building mechanisms. We also discussed how the inter- 40 ventions of various developmental actors changed over time, and what host and refugee communities expected from developmental interventions. 30 20 III(b). Ps chosoci l str ss nd nthropom tric surv s in th Turk n host communit 10 An innovative dimension of the social impact analysis is that, in addition to the ethno- 0 graphic methods described above, we were able to conduct a large-scale survey of 0-10 20-30 90-100 120-130 150-160 stress and health indicators that enabled us to directly measure anthropometric (n=150) (n=150) (n=150) (n=10) (n=150) outcomes in Kakuma Town, next to Kakuma refugee camp, and the towns of Loki- Kakuma Lorengo Lokichoggio Lodwar Lorugum choggio, Lorengo, and Lorugum.20 A robust sample (n=600) comprising of equal num- Distance from Kakuma KM bers of men and women from each of the four towns was assembled in each of the Refugees are Good Refugees are Bad four study locations. Refugee camps are frequently assumed to negatively impact their host communities through resource competition and conflict. These analyses instead focused on whether host communities might also benefit from the refugees’ Result 10: The refugee presence seems to benefit Turkana women more than presence through economic exchange. To assess these impacts, anthropometric mea- Turkana men. The impacts of the refugee presence and activities on the host com- sures of physical/nutritional wellbeing were compared between communities in munity also fall along gender lines for the Turkana. Turkana women benefit the most Turkana. Data was elicited on the following: from the refugee and UN/NGO presence as they are able to develop a diverse subsis- tence tool-kit that includes providing labor to the refugees (housework, fetching a) Demographic information including gender, age, marital status, number of spous- water/food) and goods (charcoal, firewood, agricultural crops such as sorghum) in es, number of children, livestock, livelihood, and social support; return for both food and cash, which enables them to feed their children and fami- b) Psychosocial stress data where the participants were asked to free-list the main lies. They also report lasting friendships and support networks with the refugees that sources of stress and worry in their lives; enable them to access food, shelter, and other services even when the refugees do not c) Anthropometric measures including Body-Mass Index (height and weight) and require their labor or goods. However, they do experience violence, both in the camp sum of skinfold thickness (SSF). While BMI is an approximation for physical well-be- and outside, especially when they forage for firewood. According to the women inter- viewed from both the refugee and host communities, the primary causes for sexual 20 These methodologies for health and nutritional survey of Turkana were built on previous bio-an- and structural violence are discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, language, thropological approaches in South Turkana County (Brainard 1986; Pike 1998, 2004). 24 Assessing Impact: Methods “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 37 ing and energy status, SSF is a highly respected indicator of energy status as a mea- Figure 12: Proportion of host community reporting positive refugee impacts sure of body fat content. Body fat content, especially in impoverished and malnour- 60 ished populations, is positively correlated with better nutrition, physical health, and maternal/reproductive health.21 22 50 49% IV. C v t mptor 45% With all the nuances, subtleties, and caveats, the methods described above help us 40 Percentage % assess the question -are refugees a benefit or burden to the Turkana? What do our findings show? However, before turning to results in the next chapter, it is worth 30 reiterating the three big caveats of our methodologies (and hence, results). First, both economic and social impact analyses are hampered by data quality and availability (which we tried circumventing through doing our own primary field work and in the 20 16% case of the economic analysis, by developing a novel methodology that also relies on economic theory). And not all market impacts are assessed (for example, impacts on 10 environmental resources and buffers, because of the difficulty in valuing them and the lack of well-defined claimants). Second, in the economic analyses, the counterfac- tual, though workable, is not perfect and neither is the model a complete representa- 0% 0 tion of reality.23 In addition, a number of results are likely to be sensitive to underly- Kakuma Lorengo Lokichoggio Lorugum ing assumptions of the simulation model such as those relating to labor mobility and differing skill types. However, simulations are conclusive on the direction of overall effects. Third, in the social impact analyses, due to the sensitive nature of the ques- In Kakuma and Lorengo, a high proportion of these positive reports were tions and volatility of the research area, neither the ethnographic nor the psychoso- concerned with trading and other economic opportunities that refugees offer. Sever- cial surveys used random sampling methods. Both data collection approaches al also reported having friendships, or at least friendly relationships, with refugees. utilized the investigators' contacts with trusted participants known for between 2-7 Others reported that refugees offer employment opportunities—primarily domestic years to engage new participants. However, within group bias was mitigated as these work in refugee homes—and a few noted that the host community sometimes has prior contacts were drawn from different ethnic, religious, social, political, and access to aid and services from NGOs that serve refugees. economic groups, and responses were crosschecked within and between groups. Importantly, negative opinions are not directed exclusively at refugees them- Another caveat was that the data was collected in a semi-structured and focus group selves. The bulk of the interviews suggested that the Turkana felt the most animosity interview format but based on specific predetermined questions. However, each towards the political system, or even toward UNHCR and other NGOs that provide aid interview lasted for at least two hours and many participants were interviewed to refugees in Kakuma, such as the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the WFP. repeatedly. In addition, the researchers engaged with participants through food shar- The Turkana often feel that these agencies are unjust in their distribution of resourc- ing and friendship rituals before, during, and after the interactions, ensuring room es. They frequently cite the long history of marginalization Turkana have experi- for variation and further discussion, including clarification and explanation. With enced, as well as their traditional ownership of the land on which the refugee camp these caveats in mind, we now turn to the results. is located, to demonstrate that they deserve attention from international actors in the region. They perceive these organizations to have vast resources at their disposal, 21 There are various ways to measure body fat content and the most common methods are hydrostat- and they tend to believe that the decision to prioritize refugees over Turkana is ic weighing and SFF. SSF is ideal for field studies as it is a standardized non-intrusive method that rooted in malice and discrimination. enables the calculation of Body Fat Percentage, which in turn enables determination of energy In addition, despite the ubiquity of stories about refugee violence and mistreat- status over the past 6-12 months. ment, none of the Turkana interviewed in all four sites claimed first-hand experience 22 We are aware that various factors, including Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) affect nutri- of this kind, and only two reported knowing someone who had been victimized by tional status, and hence anthropometric measurements, by generally contributing to undernourish- refugees. One of these reports came from a woman in Lorengo who said that her ment and malnutrition. This takes place due to the chronic or recurring diarrhea and a condition known as tropical/environmental enteropathy that is significantly correlated with exposure to neighbor’s family fell ill after eating food purchased in the refugee camp. She “large quantities of fecal bacteria” (Mahmud and Mbuya 2016; see also Humphrey 2009). The Turka- attributed the illness to deliberate poisoning, though no evidence of this was na of all four sites do indeed live in such environments as they practice ablutions in waterholes and produced. On the whole, most participants, when asked, admit that the stories they rivers also frequented by livestock, and domestic animals. have heard about refugee violence are rumors. 23 While non-economists like to criticize economists for their models, economists are even more The perception analysis clearly reveals that the generic negative perceptions of critical. In his 2015 book “Economic Rules”, Dani Rodrik notes that the economist Kenneth Boulding the ‘refugees as bad’ and “refugees as the violent Other/foreign usurper” are roughly supposedly remarked, “Mathematics brought rigor to economics; unfortunately, it also brought mortis”. In our modeling work, we clearly do not attempt to capture every single aspect of reality; only the most relevant ones. 36 Assessing Impact: Results in 3D “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 25 diminish with distance from Kakuma refugee camp. Although the host communi- ty and the refugees have largely coexisted in peace, there are simmering under-cur- rents of tension and violence, largely driven by a general meta-narrative of the refu- gee as “violent other”. This is a broader narrative that exists across Turkana County and was observed across the four comparative sites (Figure 10).30 Many informants also reported that the Turkana experience some combination of mistreatment, economic malfeasance, and violence at the hands of refugees when they enter the camp to trade (Figure 11). However, such negative narratives are remarkably unnu- anced and nonspecific among the non-Kakuma Turkana than the Kakuma Turkana. Interestingly, and most likely due to the actual complex daily interactions between the Turkana and the refugees of Kakuma, the Kakuma Turkana have more positive perceptions of refugees compared to those farther away (Figure 12). For example, in both Kakuma and Lorengo (25 km from Kakuma) there was actually a higher propor- tion of respondents who noted more positive refugee impacts (49 percent and 45 percent, respectively) than violence or mistreatment.31 4. Ass ssin Imp ct: R sults in 3D Figure 10: Proportion of host community reporting Figure 11: Proportion of host community negative (non-violent) refugee impacts reporting refugee violence or mistreatment A 40 80 Are refugees a boon or bane? Benefit or burden? We present the results of the economic and social impacts of refugees on Turkana (and where relevant, 69% 33% 70 Kenya) in three complementary dimensions: (i) The first is the aggregate 31% macroeconomic impact on Turkana’s economy (impact of the refugee presence on 30 60 58% Turkana’s GDP); (ii) The second is the impact on individual markets (how does the presence of refugees affect agriculture, housing, and livestock markets); (iii) And 23% 50 finally, we present results from the social impact analysis. These three dimensions Percentage % Percentage % 21% serve as checks and balances on any given one, and much like 3D imaging, the analy- 20 40 sis is intended to provide depth to the topical discussion at hand, bringing 33% evidence-based results to the fore, and presenting a composite picture of the impact 30 of the refugee presence on host communities. 10 20 I. Dim nsion on : A r t m cro conomic imp ct of th r fu pr s nc on host communiti s in Turk n 10 4% Result 1: The refugee presence has a beneficial impact on Turkana’s economy: It 0 0 Kakuma Lorengo Lokichoggio Lorugum Kakuma Lorengo Lokichoggio Lorugum boosts Turkana’s (a) overall income, (b) income per “local” person, and (c) domestic employment. Table 1 summarizes the results of the simulations of refugee arrivals and their aggregate effects on macroeconomic outcomes. The Gross Regional 30 Data regarding refugee-related worries was gathered from the towns of Kakuma, Lorengo, Product (GRP) of the Turkana region increases permanently by 3.4 percent as a result Lokichoggio, and Lorugum, and the ethnographic study focused on the towns of Kakuma, Lorugum, of refugee presence. Importantly, this increase is permanent. The effect on overall Lodwar, and Lokichoggio. While for the most part, we consider Lokichoggio as a loose future scenar- employment is also positive: total employment increases by 2.9 percent. And finally, io, for purposes of this section, it serves as an example of a market town which reverted to its former in per capita terms, though the magnitude is not big, the “GRI per local person economy (and neglect) following the departure of the relief mission and NGOs (between 2006-2008). (GRIplp)” in Turkana also increases by 0.5 percent. These results, put together, 31 In both Kakuma and Lorengo, a high proportion of these positive reports were concerned with suggest the refugee presence has a beneficial impact on Turkana’s economy. trading and other economic opportunities that refugees offer. Specifically, several respondents in The impact of the refugee presence on the rest of Kenya is, however, negligible. both locations reported friendships, employment opportunities, and that the host community some- times has access to aid and services from NGOs that serve refugees. As with overall positive Even though refugee arrivals pull labor from other regions to Turkana, with import- sentiments, these specific reports declined with increasing distance from the camp. In Lorugum, far ant implications for Turkana’s economy, the implications for the rest of Kenya are from Kakuma, no one reported benefits to the host community or any other positive sentiments insignificant (the bottom panel in Table 1 shows that most effects on the rest of about refugees. Kenyan economy are small enough to be rounded up to zero). This is likely explained by the fact that Turkana itself represents a miniscule share of Kenya’s economy. 26 Assessing Impact: Results in 3D “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 35 Table 1: Macroeconomic effects of refugee arrivals (encampment simulation results) allotment of land. This is confirmed in the county government’s reporting of land suggest the refugee presence has a beneficial impact on Turkana’s economy titling; the Turkana County Integrated Development Plan for 2013-2018 indicates that in the entire county, only three official land titles have been issued (Republic of BEFORE ARRIVAL +5 +10 +15 +20 +30 +50 Kenya, 2015). Some commercialization began after the arrival of refugees, and there ARRIVAL YEAR YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS are signs that the discovery of natural resources – water and oil – in the region is lead- (Percentage change from initial equilibrium ing to speculation in land and housing prices. Because land and housing markets are thin, it is difficult to detect impacts in our household dataset. Table 5 shows basic TURKANA comparisons between the Kakuma subsample and the counterfactual towns. The housing in Kakuma seems to be of lower quality – homes are smaller, less likely to Gross Regional Product (GRP) 0.0 2.6 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 have piped water or more modern walls or roofs. In addition, the rental market does Tradable 0.0 -5.7 -7.1 -7.1 -7.2 -7.2 -7.2 -7.2 not seem to be active in Kakuma – only one household stated that they rent their home. Household heads, who could remember the year that they arrived in their Non-tradable 0.0 5.7 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 current house (the Turkana use a different calendar) seem to have, on average, arrived slightly later to Kakuma. Employment (locals only) 0.0 1.2 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 Tradable 0.0 -2.7 -6.0 -6.3 -6.3 -6.3 -6.3 -6.4 Table 5: Comparison of housing statistics between Kakuma and counterfactual towns Non-tradable 0.0 2.7 6.2 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 MEAN MEAN P-VALUE OBS OBS KAKUMA NON-KAKUMA DIFF KAKUMA NON-KAKUMA Gross Regional Income (GRI) 0.0 2.6 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 Non-traditional roof 0.171 0.256 0.084 111 219 GRI per local person 0.0 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 More than one room in house 0.198 0.315 0.025* 111 219 Non-tradable prices 0.0 12.0 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 Brick or metal walls 0.036 0.110 0.023* 111 219 REST OF KENYA Receive water from pipe 0.135 0.265 0.007** 111 219 Gross Regional Product (GRP) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Owns home 0.991 0.932 0.017* 111 219 Tradable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 Monthly rent for home 1500.000 2233.333 N/A 1 15 Non-tradable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Year house built 2004.624 2005.410 0.465 109 212 Employment (locals only) 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 Date household head began living in current location 1995 1990 0.027* 71 203 Tradable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 *p<.10, **p<.05, *** p<.01 Non-tradable Gross Regional Income (GRI) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 The lower quality of the housing in the Kakuma subsample seems to indicate a GRI per local person 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 higher level of poverty, while the higher level of ownership of homes suggests the 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 opposite. Taken together with the qualitative information, however, the emerging Non-tradable prices picture is one of refugee arrivals triggering the development of housing and land markets in a region historically defined by traditional pastoral land ownership. Notes: Gross Regional Income (GRI) is defined as Gross Regional Product minus the wage bill of refugees. In the case of encampment, since refugees are not allowed to work, both concepts Although there are not enough data yet to quantify these effects, overall, the develop- are equivalent. ment of such nascent markets suggests potential rents in housing. III. Dim nsion thr : Th soci l imp ct of th r fu pr s nc on th host communit Result 9: The Turkana have (mostly) positive perceptions of refugees, and these 34 Assessing Impact: Results in 3D “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 27 Table 4: Kakuma refugee camp has a small but positive effect on farming Result 2: Unlike tradable sectors, non-tradable sectors (which constitute a much larger share of the economy) benefit from the refugee presence as mea- MEAN MEAN P-VALUE OBS OBS sured by their impact on prices, wages, and employment. In the long-term, we KAKUMA NON-KAKUMA DIFF KAKUMA NON-KAKUMA find that income in non-tradable sectors grows by 7.4 percent, whereas in tradable sectors, income shrinks by 7.2 percent. This is because higher demand due to the Household farms 0.333 0.005 0.000*** 111 219 refugee presence – which derives from refugees having purchasing power in the Farmed with no harvest due to drougth 0.108 0.000 . 37 1 form of aid and remittances – pushes up the relative price in non-tradable sectors causing more resources to be allocated from tradable to non-tradable sectors. Conse- Area farmland owned (ha) 31.689 500.000 . 37 1 quently, both employment and wages in non-tradable sectors increase in contrast to 3018.297 36000.000 . 37 1 employment and wages in tradable sectors. Employment increases by 6.5 percent in Value of farm sales contrast to a contraction of 6.3 percent in tradable sectors, and real wages (as defined Farm sales - inputs (not labour) 1215.595 33900.000 . 37 1 with respect to changes in consumer prices) of both skilled and unskilled workers increases by 0.3 percent and 0.8 percent in contrast to 0.4 percent and -0.9 percent, Non-labor input costs 1802.703 2100.000 . 37 1 respectively, in non-tradable sectors.24 Labor days on the farm 51.111 15.000 . 36 1 Result 3: The refugee presence increases consumption, self-reported incomes, and to a smaller extent, asset ownership of the Turkana. The previous Proportion farm production to animals 0.062 0.002 . 32 1 results were simulated ones. In order to get a more composite measure of aggregate Proportion farm production impacts, we further complement these simulation results with empirical ones (what 0.400 0.200 . 30 1 consumed we observe) from household surveys in order to infer the effect of the refugee pres- Proportion farm production sold 0.181 0.140 . 30 1 ence on (a) consumption and (b) self-reported incomes of Turkana households.25 From a spatial perspective, the HSNP consumption data suggests that refugees have a Proportion farm production gifted 0.085 0.001 . 31 1 positive impact on host community consumption. Figure 7 shows the distribution of Proportion farm production the HSNP predicted consumption measure across distance from Kakuma camp. This saved 0.165 0.006 . 32 1 measure was based upon a prediction conducted with the HSNP registration data Had land dispute 0.432 0.000 . 37 1 that correlated household characteristics with census data on consumption to gener- ate predicted consumption. HSNP calls this “PMT”, or Proxy Means Test, which Borehole dispute 0.297 0.000 . 37 1 represents the Kenya shillings value of adult household consumption per capita based on 2005-2006 prices. *p<.10, **p<.05, *** p<.01 As the figure shows, the peak of the per capita consumption variable occurs at about 5 km from the camp, and decreases from that point forward with some varia- tion. Regression analyses further confirm the positive effect of refugees on host com- it seems that the refugee camp has provided some demand for products grown local- munity consumption. Consumption measures within 5 km of the camp are up to 35 ly. Nevertheless, those who farm in Kakuma are found to be small producers who percent higher than in other parts of the county.26 Household surveys also show that rely more on their own labor, consume a larger share of the harvest, and face greater those who live close to Kakuma refugee camp tend to have higher income and assets. rates of failure due to drought as compared to farmers outside Kakuma. This suggests For example, Kakuma residents are four times more likely to own a bicycle than that the dynamic where food aid drives down local food prices, thus discouraging non-Kakuma residents. Table 2 lists income per capita and asset ownership by subsa- production, is not at play in this setting. mples. Result 8: The refugee presence indirectly influences the housing market. Refugees and aid workers do not directly rely on housing services outside the camp, but they influence the housing market via indirect channels. All international work- ers who come to Kakuma camp are housed in a compound, and the refugees them- 24 The effect on wages is not that large because in the long-term, labor is mobile and local wages get selves are limited to the camp. Nonetheless, the refugee situation could affect hous- aligned with the rest of the country. ing market when households move to the area seeking jobs – which may increase 25 The advantage of simulations is that they provide results with causality but do not capture all housing demand – particularly if this activates a previously nascent rental and sales dimensions of welfare effects (related to security for example). Empirical results, on the other hand, market. Given the thinness of the housing market, we find some qualitative evidence derive from what we observe but it is difficult to infer causality from those. Hence these two are complementary to each other. of changing housing dynamics after the establishment of the refugee camp. Accord- 26 Regression estimations first disregard precipitation, and then introduce it as a control in subse- ing to the clerk of the Kakuma Turkana Chief, prior to the refugee camp’s establish- quent columns. We refer the more technically-minded reader to the background paper on the ment, land was free and available for the Turkana. In more rural areas, land is still economic impact assessment for details. considered to be communal, while in more urban areas local authorities facilitate the 28 Assessing Impact: Results in 3D “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 33 Figure 7: Per capita consumption falls with distance from Kakuma refugee camp Table 3: Increases in refugees and aid are correlated with increased livestock prices 7.6 (1) (2) (3) (4) Ln (refugees) x Lodwar 0.358* 0.353* 0.377* 7.4 95% Cl Inv hyp sine (0.152) (0.153) (0.162) (Consumption) 7.2 Aid per 1000 refugees x Lodwar 0.009 0.007 0.008** (0.004) (0.004) (0.003) 7.0 Ln (volume sold) 0.109 6.8 (0.089) Observations 205 205 205 205 6.6 -2 0 2 4 6 Adjusted R 2 0.724 0.736 0.735 0.748 Ln (km to Kakuma camp) Notes: Dependent variable: ln(price in shillings). Regressions include fixed effects at market Notes: Figure shows a kernel regression of the HSNP predicted consumption measure and year/month level. Data is average monthly price. Standard errors clustered at market level. on the log-transformed distance to Kakuma camp. For female goats, markets are Isiolo, Lodwar, Mulot, Nairobi, and Rumuruti. *p$<$.10, **p$<$.05, *** p$<$ .01. Prices are for female goats of grade 2. Note that prices are not available for Kakuma but only for Lodwar. We expect that price increases in Kakuma would be Table 2: Incomes and assets fall in value with distance from Kakuma refugee camp larger than those estimated here. MEAN MEAN P-VALUE OBS OBS KAKUMA NON-KAKUMA DIFF KAKUMA NON-KAKUMA Result 7: Agriculture benefits (marginally) from the presence of refugees. The Cash income per capita 12771.446 6450.240 0.056* 111 219 refugee presence can either provide an incentive for more agricultural production or serve as competition to local production. Although Turkana is generally unsuitable Owned house 2005 0.541 0.530 0.852 111 219 for agriculture, our results suggest that agriculture provides at least a partial liveli- Owned car 2005 0.000 0.000 . 111 219 hood for a small number of households around the camp. In Kakuma, as Table 4 shows, 33 percent of households farmed in 2014, though 10 percent of these did not Owned motorcycle 2005 0.027 0.014 0.393 111 219 harvest due to the fact that drought devastated their crops. The main crops farmed are millet, maize, sorghum, and legumes. The largest part of production is consumed Owned bicycle 2005 0.117 0.027 0.001*** 111 219 by the households themselves (40 percent), with 18 percent sold, and a similar Owned refrigerator 2005 0.000 0.000 . 111 219 amount saved. Smaller proportions are fed to animals or gifted (6 and 8 percent, respectively). Farming households typically have other sources of income as well. Owned television 2005 0.009 0.005 0.624 111 219 The value of farm sales were around 3,000 shillings for the previous growing season, though this number is much smaller if non-labor inputs are taken into consideration, Owned radio 2005 0.117 0.082 0.306 111 219 in which case revenues decrease to 1,215 shillings. Given a minimum wage for an Owned cell phone 2005 0.198 0.192 0.890 111 219 unskilled worker in Kenya is 228 shillings per day,29 this revenue is easily exceeded by value of labor used on the farm. Thus, about half of farmers also practice animal Owned generator 2005 0.000 0.000 . 111 219 husbandry and 20 percent also own a small business. The development of discovered fresh water aquifers to support irrigated agriculture, thus enhancing the role of Owned computer 2005 0.000 0.005 0.477 111 219 agriculture in the Kakuma economy and that of women in agriculture, could poten- Owned camera 2005 0.000 0.005 0.477 111 219 tially enhance related benefits. Despite the harsh conditions, the camp has a small but positive effect on farming; Sum of assets 2005 1.009 0.858 0.186 111 219 29 http://www.wageindicator.org/main/salary/minimum-wage/kenya Change assets 2005-2015 0.117 0.082 0.674 111 219 32 Assessing Impact: Results in 3D “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 29 It bears mentioning that the bulk of the population is not located around the camp (as Result 4: There is significant heterogeneity in the impact of the refugee pres- the accompanying histogram of population distribution in the figure shows), but ence on host community incomes and consumption. Households with access to those that do live nearby tend not to have cattle.28 Cattle holdings increase substan- small businesses and farm incomes appear to be better-buffered from short term tially at about 7 km (ln (2 km)) from the camp. It is also worth noting that the 2011 shocks, while wage-earner and animal-selling households suffer more from them. HSNP data affords us only a snapshot in time, from which it is difficult to draw firm Farming households and wage-earners have higher long term asset growth in conclusions regarding such a mobile population, especially since Turkana pastoral- Kakuma than in other towns. We come to this finding by introducing interaction ists tend to avoid market towns in both dry and wet seasons as they seek grazing terms in the estimates that test for differences in assets and purchases between the lands and pastures further afield during the former, and to avoid the predatory Kakuma subsample and the counterfactual towns. When looking at the differences in market brokers (nimuchurus) during the latter. They may also avoid living in close assets, cash income, and consumption indicators across households with different proximity to market towns because of fears of livestock raiding and the growth of a incomes sources (small enterprise, wage, and agricultural and animal sales), the new form of moranism or raiding across Turkana County and surrounding areas; results show that whereas wage earning and farming households of Kakuma market-driven livestock raiding where the raids (including weapons and transporta- observed growth in their assets over the last decade, those who sell animals observed tion) are sponsored by key market actors, and where raided animals are brought a decrease. directly to the market for resale, rather than the traditional approach where raided Coincidentally, a “natural experiment” helped us further corroborate this hetero- animals are used to increase herd size (Hendricksen et al. 1996; Hodgson 2000; Hogg geneity in impacts. Following the unfortunate and tragic Garissa University attacks of 1982, 1986; McCabe 1987, 1990a, 1990b; 2004; Oba 1992). April 2015, all informal money transfer systems were shut down for two months for Hence, when averages across Kakuma households and counterfactuals (Lorugum security reasons. During this time, 45 percent of refugees reported that the frequency and Lokichar, which together represent the counterfactual case) are compared, we of their transfers had decreased either slightly or significantly. At the same time, find no significant differences in number or value of poultry and livestock cared for, small enterprise households in Kakuma, which should have been adversely affected sold, owned, or stolen in the past year. Similarly, no changes in the movement or by the cash flow shock that hit the camp between April and June, saw increases in watering of animals during the past five years are reported. There are interesting food purchases, indicating that they were buffered from this. Wage earning house- results, however, when the patterns across stratification levels, < 2 km to the city holds, on the other hand, were not – they experienced decreases in food purchases center, 2-8 km, and 8-10 km, are compared between the Kakuma subsample and the and in quantities of all food items in Kakuma. Households that sold animals also saw subsample for Lorugum and Lokichar. Both the number and value of animals are decreases in the number of food items purchased and in the amount of sugar. Finally, higher at distances closer to Kakuma, probably due to the presence of the Kakuma Kakuma farm households show mixed results on consumption – no significant effects livestock market and the large demand for milk and meat in both Kakuma Town and on number of goods purchased between April and June, decreases in sugar purchas- the refugee camp. es, and increases in tea purchases. These results underscore the heterogeneous Local producers may still benefit from the presence of the refugee camp through impacts of shocks in the refugee camp on host communities. Business owners and higher sale prices for their meat and milk products, although ethnographic observa- households engaged in farm sales are buffered from the negative effects of being tions suggest that the presence of the nimuchurus reduces the amount received by the near Kakuma Town, while wage earning and livestock-selling households seem to actual producers by 100-500 percent of the final wholesale price (Oka 2011b). Analy- suffer more from them. sis of monthly livestock prices from 2007 to 2013 suggests that increases in refugees Result 5: There is no clear evidence to suggest that the refugee presence has and aid are correlated with price increases near the refugee camp (Table 3). In partic- pushed populations away or pulled them in. Although changing administrative ular, a one percent increase in the refugee population results in a 3.5 to 3.8 percent boundaries over time make it difficult to map out population changes in Turkana, the increase in goat prices in Lodwar. There is some evidence that increases in food aid analysis here was able to harmonize the 1989 (pre-camp) and 1999 and 2009 sub-loca- per refugee also induce price increases, probably through their effect on refugee tion boundaries. Census data then allows for the comparison of spatial population income. The increase in price may be favorable to producers who sell on this market. growth rates over the years. Figure 8 illustrates changes in population density Overall, the livestock data analysis suggests both benefits and costs of the refugee between 1989 and 1999 and between 1989 and 2009. As these are data from the presence. On the down side, there seems to be a greater propensity for livestock steal- Kenyan census, they do not include refugees. ing near the camp than near other towns. On the other hand, prices for goats and As the maps show, lakeshore sub-districts were among those that shrank or grew cows increase with increases in food aid. This may benefit local residents if they very slowly, and the fastest growing sub-districts were mostly located in the center of engage in the market, which seems to be the case closer to Kakuma. However, it also the county. Along the border with neighboring countries, population tended to raises the cost of consumption for net buyers of livestock-related goods. stagnate. Northwestern areas in and around Kakuma, as well in the southwest, grew rapidly. Our household survey data, however, suggests that there is significantly more in-migration into Kakuma than into the counterfactual villages. Of all the individuals registered in the rosters of the households we interviewed, 8.6 percent of those living 28 Seasonality also plays a role as the pastoralist Turkana follow a circular pathway and only come to in Kakuma had moved there from other villages, while 5.9 percent of those living in market towns such as Kakuma a few times in the year. 30 Assessing Impact: Results in 3D “YES” IN MY BACKYARD? 31 Figure 8 (a) and (b): The fastest growing districts are in the center of Turkana County tion on transport corridors, tend to have somewhat better functioning markets. How- ever, the lack of local production outside of livestock, milk, and small amounts of (a): 1999/1989 population density (b): 2009/1989 population density cereals means that traders must bring in other products from quite some distance. Markets are relatively competitive between wholesalers, although we note that wholesalers in Kakuma appear to have an important role in determining prices. Interviews with camp residents suggest that there are four to five main wholesalers Kaiemothia Kaiemothia who determine market prices in Kakuma camp. With this backdrop in mind, we sum- Kokuro Kokuro marize the results on livestock, agriculture, and housing markets. Todenyang Namuruputh Todenyang Namuruputh Result 6: Livestock holdings, the main livelihood of the Turkana region, Lokichokio Lokichokio decrease near the camp.27 Our analysis provides some support for the livestock Lokitaung Lokitaung displacement effect of the camp. HSNP census data shows that livestock holdings in Murangering Murangering 2011 were quite low in the Kakuma area relative to the rest of the region (Figure 9). Kakuma Kakuma Lokwa Kalokol Lokwa Kalokol Figure 9: Livestock holdings increase with distance from Kakuma refugee camp Eliye Springs Eliye Springs 1.5 Lodwar Lodwar 4 LEGEND Lorukumu LEGEND Lorukumu Roads Loichangamata Roads Loichangamata Inverse hyperbolic sine (# livestock) Market towns Loiya Market towns Loiya Lokichar Lokichar Lokitanyala Loperat Lokitanyala Loperat Turkana Population Density Turkana Population Density Density 1999/Density 1989 Density 2009/Density 1989 3 Kaputirr Tum Kaputirr Tum 1.0 Lokori Lokori Nasolot Nasolot 0.14 - 1.43 Lotongot 0.23 - 0.89 Lotongot Density Amaler Amaler 1.44 - 2.02 0.90 - 1.39 Lomelo Lomelo 2 2.03 - 2.71 1.40 - 2.12 Kapedo Kapedo 2.72 - 8.12 2.13 - 5.49 0.5 Source: World Bank staff calculations using Kenyan Census data, 1989, 1999, 2009 1 control towns were in-migrants. Overall, the evidence is not conclusive to show 0 0 either that populations have moved away from the Kakuma area, as they might have if it were the case that the camp worsened local opportunities, nor is there any indica- -2 0 2 4 6 tion that households have flocked to the Kakuma sub-region in order to take advan- Ln (km to Kakuma camp) tage of potential jobs provided within the refugee camp infrastructure. Population Density Livestock 95% Cl growth in general appears to occur more significantly along the main roads, outlined in red. Source: World Bank staff calculations using HNSP 2011 data II. Dim nsion Two: Imp ct of th r fu pr s nc on individu l m rk ts (liv - 27 In an interview with the World Bank team, the current Turkana Chief of Kakuma stated that when stock, ricultur , nd housin ) the refugees arrived in 1991, the site where the camp was based was a bushy forest ecosystem that supported a wealth of local indigenous trees. The local people who inhabited that area or moved When it comes to individual markets, refugee camp markets are heavily patronized with their cattle did not want to leave the area and it was only after they were instructed to exit and remain outside of a certain radius from the camp that they eventually left. For some, this process by host community residents who take advantage of lower prices of a variety of took between six months to one year due to protests, and the chief pointed out that even today if you goods. Sixty-two percent of participants in the Kakuma subsample of our survey go into the camp, you can find some old Turkana who spend a lot of time inside the camp because stated that they use markets in the camp. This is evidence that the prices and prod- they still believe that this is their land. Over time, the numbers of people in Kakuma grew and many ucts offered there are attractive to locals. In addition, the sheer size of the refugee of the local inhabitants remained along the Tarach River so as to have access to water supplies. Many camp leads to better connectivity to other markets and, thus, availability of a wider of the pastoralists, particularly during the dry season, moved further and further away. Earlier, they variety of goods. It is also worth noting that refugee camps, due to their size and loca- moved north towards the South Sudan border, but because clashes with the Toposa have resulted in numerous deaths for the local population, many have recently chosen to cross the border to the west to graze with the Karamojong in Uganda.