Bold solutions and coordinated international action are critical if we are to emerge from today’s polycrisis toward a fairer, safer, and more prosperous world.On February 28, 2025, the World Bank–UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement, in collaboration with...
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Launch of the Dataset of World Refugee and Asylum Policies
The Dataset of World Refugee and Asylum Policies (DWRAP) is the first global dataset of de jure asylum and refugee policies. The online platform features data from 193 countries from 1952 to 2022, allowing users to track trends over time and across geographical...
Learning from the Evidence on Forced Displacement
This event marks the launch of the Learning from the Evidence on Forced Displacement e-learning course, a collaboration between Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement and the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement to support the use of socioeconomic evidence in operational contexts.
3rd JDC Research Conference on Forced Displacement
In collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency, the World Bank and the African School of Economics (ASE), the World Bank – UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement organized the 3rd JDC Research Conference on Forced Displacement from 19th to 21st September 2024.
Venezuelans in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
DATA GUIDE On May 13th, the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement will host an online event on the report “Venezuelans in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru”. We will present the surveys analysed and launch a data guide that demonstrate how...
How Open Data Can Connect Humanitarian and Development Action in Fragile Contexts
How can development actors, including governments and policy-makers, partner with humanitarian organizations on data towards long-term outcomes, starting from the first days of an emergency response? And how can development and humanitarian actors consolidate...
JDC at the UNICEF Data Webinar Series
Felix Schmieding, Senior Statistician at the World Bank – UNHCR Joint Data Center participated in the session Leaving no-one behind: Inclusion of forcibly displaced in national surveys and the SDG indicators.
Data, displacement & development: Putting the World Development Report into action
The 2023 World Development Report (WDR) – Migrants, Refugees and Societies – highlights the issues and inconsistencies in the current data on these populations and the importance of accurate and consistent data as a basis for effective programs and policies.
Including refugees and IDPs in national statistical systems: Why and How?
The Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC) facilitated a ‘Learn Lab’ titled “Including refugees and IDPs in national statistical systems: Why and How?” The event aimed to share practical guidance on how to include refugees and IDPs into existing workstreams of National Statistical Offices.
Including the excluded: better data on statelessness
The Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC), in collaboration with the Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) co-organized a side-event titled ‘Including the excluded: better data on statelessness’ during the United Nations World Data Forum 2023 to introduce the International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS).