Social Exclusion of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Reflections on the Mechanisms that Cement their Persistent Poverty

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Journal Article Social Exclusion of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Reflections on the Mechanisms that Cement their Persistent Poverty Get access Sari Hanafi, Sari Hanafi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jad Chaaban, Jad Chaaban Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Karin Seyfert Karin Seyfert * * American University of Beirut (AUB). The article draws upon a national Socio-Economic Household Survey of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, conducted by the AUBt in cooperation with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), covering 2,501 Palestinian households, interviewed in 2010. Households in camps as well as gatherings were interviewed, in a total of 32 localities. The survey was financed by a grant of the European Union. The authors gratefully acknowledge invaluable contributions made by UNRWA staff and student volunteers. Many worked long hours in the heat of August, under difficult conditions to collect the data on which the present article is based. For full results, see UNRWA & AUB, Socio-Economic Survey of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, UNRWA & AUB, 2010. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 31, Issue 1, March 2012, Pages 34–53, https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/hdr018 Published: 27 January 2012