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Committee on Population
JANE MENKEN (Chair),
Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
CAROLINE H. BLEDSOE,
Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University
JOHN BONGAARTS,
The Population Council, New York
DAVID A. LAM,
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
LINDA G. MARTIN,
RAND, Santa Monica, California
MARK R. MONTGOMERY,
The Population Council, New York, and Department of Economics, State University of New York, Stony Brook
W. HENRY MOSLEY,
Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University
ALBERTO PALLONI,
Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
JAMES P. SMITH,
RAND, Santa Monica, California
BETH J. SOLDO,
Department of Demography, Georgetown University
LINDA J. WAITE,
Population Research Center, University of Chicago
BARNEY COHEN, Director
HOLLY REED, Research Associate
LATANYA JONSON, Senior Project Assistant
Participants Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration
Presenters
THOMAS ARGENT,
U.S. Committee for Refugees, Washington, D.C.
JON BENNETT,
The Global IDP Survey, Oxford, England
RICHARD BLACK,
School of African and Asian Studies, University of Sussex
BRENT BURKHOLDER,
International Emergency and Refugee Health Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
GREGORY GARBINSKY,
Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development
STEVEN HANSCH,
Refugee Policy Group, Washington, D.C.
ALLAN G. HILL,
Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University
KENNETH HILL,
Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University
BELA HOVY,
Program Coordination Section, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland
CHARLES KEELY,
Department of Demography, Georgetown University
W. COURTLAND ROBINSON,
School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
THE HONORABLE THOMAS C. SAWYER,
U.S. House of Representatives
SUSANNE SCHMEIDL, Consultant,
Program Coordination Section, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland
RONALD WALDMAN,
BASICS, Arlington, Virginia
MYRON WEINER,
Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Participants
JENNIFER ADAMS,
Center for Population, Health, and Nutrition, U.S. Agency for International Development
NAOMI BLUMBERG,
Center for Population, Health, and Nutrition, U.S. Agency for International Development
GILBERT BURNHAM,
School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
BARNEY COHEN,
Committee on Population, National Research Council
PETER J. DONALDSON,
Population Reference Bureau, Washington, D.C.
LINDA GORDON,
Office of Policy and Planning, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
JOHN HAAGA,
Committee on Population, National Research Council
DAVID HAINES,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University
KIMBERLY HAMILTON,
The Howard W. Gilman Foundation, New York
NANCY PENDARVIS HARRIS,
John Snow, Inc., Arlington, Virginia
STEVEN HAWKINS,
Center for Population, Health, and Nutrition, U.S. Agency for International Development
MIN LIU,
Population Reference Bureau, Washington, D.C.
CAROLYN MAKINSON,
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York
JAMES McCARTHY,
Center for Population and Family Health, Columbia University
FAITH MITCHELL,
Division on Social and Economic Studies, National Research Council
BARBARA MONAHAN,
CARE International, Atlanta
PAULA NERSESIAN,
BASICS, Arlington, Virginia
KATHLEEN NEWLAND,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.
SHIRLIE PINKHAM,
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State
HOLLY REED,
Committee on Population, National Research Council
PAUL SPIEGEL,
School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
ELLEN STARBIRD,
Center for Population, Health, and Nutrition, U.S. Agency for International Development
JEREMIAH SULLIVAN,
Demographic and Health Surveys, Macro International, Calverton, Maryland
SUSAN TOOLE,
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, New York
BARBARA BOYLE TORREY,
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
SAMANTHA WHEELER,
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York
MICHAEL WHITE,
Department of Sociology, Brown University
BRADLEY WOODRUFF,
International Emergency and Refugee Health Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HANIA ZLOTNIK,
Population Division, United Nations, New York
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Acknowledgments
This report summarizes presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration, organized by the Committee on Population of the National Research Council (NRC), in Washington, DC, November 6-7, 1997. The workshop was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The workshop would not have been possible without the efforts of several people, but two deserve special recognition. The committee was extremely fortunate in being able to enlist the services of Professor Charles Keely of Georgetown University, a member emeritus of the Committee on Population, who collaborated on the project and helped ensure that it was a success. The committee is indebted to Carolyn Makinson of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for her request that led to the workshop and for her encouragement and intellectual guidance during the development of the workshop.
The committee is grateful to the staff at the National Research Council, who made it all possible. Holly Reed, research associate for the committee, provided a constant intellectual and managerial presence for the project, from the organization of the workshop to the publication of this report. Eugenia Grohman, associate director for reports for the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, skillfully edited the manuscript and guided it through the review process. The work was carried out under the general direction of John Haaga and Barney Cohen, the former and current directors of the committee, respectively.
The report has been reviewed by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the Report Review Committee of the NRC. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the authors and the
NRC in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the purpose of the activity. The content of the review comments and the draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.
We think the following individuals for their participation in the review of this report: Caroline H. Bledsoe, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University; W. Henry Mosley, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Alberto Palloni, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin; and T. Paul Schultz, Department of Economics, Yale University. While these individuals provided constructive comments and suggestions, responsibility for the final content of this report rests solely with the authoring committee and the NRC.
Most of all, of course, we are grateful to all the dedicated participants in the workshop, whose ideas and comments are summarized here; we hope that this publication helps ensure that their work will continue to contribute to the growing international field of forced migration studies.
JANE MENKEN, CHAIR
COMMITTEE ON POPULATION
