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LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN GHANA: Environmental Security Implications of the Indiscriminate Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste

If you need a full copy of this report, please send me an email at: jmacedo@clarku.edu  LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN GHANA: Environmental Security Implications of the Indiscriminate Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste JENKINS DIVO MACEDO MAY 2012 A THESIS Submitted to the faculty of Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in International Development and Social Change And accepted on the recommendation of: Professor Marianne Sarkis, Ph.D., Thesis Committee Chairperson Professor Anita Häusermann Fábos, Ph.D., Member Professor Jude Fernando, Ph.D., Member ABSTRACT LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN GHANA: ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF THE INDISCRIMINATE DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE JENKINS DIVO MACEDO Liberian refugees have been seeking refuge at the Buduburam Refugee Settlement (BRS) in Ghana for more than two decades. There have been two succes