Flight and Integration: Causes of Mass Exodus from Ethiopia and Problems of Integration in the Sudan.

Although the integrated zone approach for planning and organizing the economic development of refugee settlements is not new, developmental assistance which includes the needs of the local population in the refugee affected areas has not been forthcoming. There is a growing consciousness regarding the relation between development and refugee problems. It is now widely acknowledged that local integration efforts cannot be effective unless they are carried out simultaneously with the economic and infrastructural development of the regions in question. However, at the level of action, there is still strong ambivalence particularly on the side of donors and international organizations.