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This article reviews the evolution of the Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa, which advanced discussions on the connection between refugees and the development process and provided a forum to address refugee-related development burdens in Africa. A consensus now exists regarding how to address these burdens. But several challenges complicate realization of the ICARA II agenda, including: 1) the need for greater coordination between development and refugee agencies in the U.N. system and governments; 2) the need for provision of adequate resources by donors; 3) weakness of host country capacity to absorb and manage assistance in the context of overall development planning, and; 4) poor visibility of refugee-related development needs as compared to emergency ones.

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