title: Micro-enterprise development schemes as effective reintegration assistance programs for voluntarily-repatriated Vietnamese asylum seekers.
abstract: "From the creation of the Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA) in 1989 through December 1994, about sixty-eight thousand asylum seekers have voluntarily repatriated to Vietnam. In response to this reverse migration, the international community has funded numerous reintegration assistance programs to facilitate the asylum seekers' return. This article examines reintegration assistance programs currently operating in Vietnam and presents an argument that small scale income generation projects constitute the most effective and efficient use of scarce repatriation funding."
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Nickerson
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005376:Financial Management; D005380:Financing, Government; D007182:Income; D007391:International Cooperation; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011632:Public Assistance; D011640:Public Policy; D012036:Refugees; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014744:Vietnam
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Financial Activities; Financing, Government; Income Generation Programs; International Cooperation; Migrants; Migration; Migration Policy; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Public Assistance; Refugees; Return Migration; Social Policy; Southeastern Asia; Viet Nam