Lessons from Niger – Setbacks are inevitable, so development requires a long-term and inclusive investmentThis is the first Newsletter from the new Head of the JDC, Aissatou (Aisha) Dicko. Aisha has over 15 years of operational experience with the World Bank in...
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The World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement - In ReviewThe JDC was established in later 2019 to help change the collective approach to forced displacement to a bigger and broader one that lasts longer, matching the scale of forced displacement. At...
Data can inform policies and programmes that can improve the situation for all
Interview of Maja Lazić, Deputy Head of the JDC, by Elisabeth Haslund about the work and ambitions of the innovative partnership – and on how data and analysis can concretely help improve the response to forced displacement.This article was first published on the...
Forced displacement is at a record high – and so is the data we have on it
Authored by Björn Gillsäter This blog was published in the World Economic Forum Photo:© UNHCR Data available for displacement policy-makers and programmers has been rising in recent years The Data Sharing Framework Agreement between the World Bank and UNHCR will...
JDC Newsletter, July 2023
Does climate change cause displacement? (and more questions about data)Dear Colleagues, As we sweated through the hottest week on record in July, the reality of climate change confronts us all. Yet for some of us, the consequences are more dire than for others. After...
The impact of climate change on forced displacement
Understanding the impact of climate change on forced displacement is critical to informing solutions. The latest scientific findings confirm that climate change is a factor in displacement, albeit unquantified, and that climate and weather extremes are increasingly driving displacement. This paper examines the degree to which climate change is influencing and amplifying the multiple underlying risk drivers of displacement.
The Toll of Drought on Displaced and Vulnerable People in Somalia
The World Bank in collaboration with the United Nation Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the National Bureau of Statistics in Somalia and the JDC conducted a high-frequency phone survey. The sample consists of about 500 households from host communities, IDPs living in camps, IDPs living outside camps, refugees, and refugee returnees.
Improving the quality of survey data on forcibly displaced populations
Improving the quality of survey data on focribly displaced populations Background and context Sample surveys are the main way to gather reliable information on socioeconomic conditions. This is also true of forced displacement situations, and even more so in the...
Monthly Update of Forced Displacement Literature Review, May – June 2023
JDC Annual Report 2022
Since February last year, more than eight million refugees have fled Ukraine and more than one million Venezuelans have claimed asylum. These events make the work of the World Bank-UNHCR Joint
Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC) more relevant than ever.