The groundbreaking research supported by Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement has developed innovative tools for measuring poverty and revealed which policy interventions are more effective in easing the struggles of displaced and host populations. Read the following results stories to learn more about the influence of evidence and data on impactful policymaking.
As Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement concludes seven years of research output, the catalytic research partnership reflects on its influence on forced displacement policies.
Measuring poverty among refugees and internally displaced persons is challenging and expensive. Read this blog to learn how poverty measurement in forced displacement contexts is rapidly changing, as this research paper shows.
Can a machine-learning method address the lack of price data to assess inflation in crisis situations? A team researching forced displacement developed a method that uses surveys from nearby markets and prices of related commodities to estimate unobserved local market prices - a method that has proven enormously useful.
A review of forced displacement research reveals that more than two-thirds of the 45 papers discuss gender indicators and constraints in their text and 24 assess gender gaps. But only a few studies discuss the potential policy implications of their findings. Read this blog to learn more.
How do forcibly displaced children access education in Chad, Sudan, Pakistan, Colombia and Jordan. Read this blog about case studies that tried to understand what it costs to educate refugee children through national education systems.
The global learning poverty crisis affects refugee and internally displaced children as well as their host communities. New research shows ways to help address this crisis.
What do we know about the costs to create and sustain jobs in conflict and forced displacement settings? This blog highlights the surprising findings from a study of jobs project portfolios of the UK, UNHCR, and the World Bank.
A study of 1.2 million refugees fleeing Turkey to Greece in the 1920s found that granting refugees greater rights to land and housing led to greater social and cultural integration, as well as improved educational outcomes. Is inclusion is key to promoting economic and social prosperity for all?
Uganda and Peru have adopted policies allowing refugees to live with locals and access basic rights and services, improving access to education and healthcare for host communities and reducing negative sentiment towards migrants. Read this blog to learn the inclusive policies and development investments that can bring social and economic prosperity to both host and displaced communities.
Focusing on displaced populations in Ethiopia, northern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, this blog highlights research examining the intersection of forced displacement, multidimensional poverty, and gender using a tailored Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). Should future research use intrahousehold breakdowns to address the needs of the most vulnerable and pursue deeper analyses of each MPI by country to better design, target, and deploy poverty-alleviation programs?
Using satellite images and smart algorithms to identify and survey internally displaced populations (IDPs) to understand the effects of gender on poverty among IDPs, a study found that poverty rates are higher among IDPs than non-IDPs. This blog highlights the urgency of targeting and delivering aid in Somalia based on factors like geographic location, nutritional status, and household composition, and consider women's lack of access to economic opportunities and their caring responsibilities.
What are the challenges facing displaced Venezuelans in accessing social protection programs and education in Brazil —a country that provides universal access to education, health care and social protection irrespective of legal status? Read this blog to learn more about this groundbreaking research.
For refugees, simple decisions like where to live —either inside the camp or out— could have inevitable consequences and affect their quality of life. Read why understanding this is important for their welfare.
Watch the launch of our first of a series of knowledge briefs that highlight the intersection of COVID-19, forced displacement, and health.
Read the blog on the living conditions of the large Afghan refugee population who returned from Pakistan between 2014 and 2017 —with a particular emphasis on documented returnees.
Poverty data on refugees and host communities is scarce. Read our blog on how to measure poverty in such cases, with a focus on Chad.
Read our blog on how the Boko Haram insurgency increased the risk of women’s experience of intimate partner violence in Nigeria.
Read this blog on various political and macroeconomic factors that can influence host countries’ asylum policies.
Read our blog on the long-term impacts of sudden inflows of refugees on parents and their children in host communities.
As refugees are both poor and mobile, collecting socioeconomic information on refugees continues to be a challenge. Read our blog on how cross-survey estimation methods can be used to estimate poverty.
Read about the impact results of the Targeting the Ultra Poor program in Afghanistan, which is improving socioeconomic indicators like consumption, food security, assets, and finance.
Also, read an Op-ed by former World Bank Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on the project.
Read our blog on how, contrary to the popular assumption, forced displacement is more likely to deliver a positive outcome.
Read how social cohesion and relations between forcibly displaced and host communities are pertinent for host governments and other development actors.
Learn how targeted programming can help development organizations better allocate humanitarian assistance and address budget shortages.
