JDC Literature Review
The JDC literature review contains summaries of recent publications and academic scholarship on issues relating to forced displacement.
Economic Transfers and Social Cohesion in a Refugee-Hosting Setting
This paper examines if a transfer program targeted to Colombian refugees and poor Ecuadorians in urban and peri-urban areas of northern Ecuador resulted in changes in measures of social cohesion. The program was a short-term cash, food, and voucher program paired with...
The economics of the Syrian refugee crisis in neighbouring countries: The case of Lebanon
This paper examines the economic and social impact of the Syrian war and refugee flows on Lebanon. The authors employ a dynamic general equilibrium model to capture forced displacement, discrimination, and segmented labor markets (distinguishing formal and informal...
Is the Education of Local Children Influenced by Living Nearby a Refugee Camp? Evidence from Host Communities in Rwanda
This paper examines the effects of Congolese refugees in Rwanda on access to schools and educational outcomes for host community children. The majority of the nearly 75,000 Congolese refugees in Rwanda (UNHCR, 2017) have been in protracted displacement since the...
Considering the benefits of hosting refugees: evidence of refugee camps influencing local labour market activity and economic welfare in Rwanda
Rwanda hosts more than 80,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the majority in situations of protracted displacement (UNHCR, 2018). This article examines the impact of Congolese refugee camps on host communities in Rwanda with a focus on labor...
Locked Down and Left Behind: The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees’ Economic Inclusion
This paper examines the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees in low- and middle-income hosting countries. It highlights the expected disproportionate effect of the pandemic on refugees in terms of employment and wider socio-economic outcomes. Key...
Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2019
The report presents data compiled by UNHCR on forced displacement in 2019 due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order. This year’s report includes analysis of displacement trends over the past decade. Key...
Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) 2020
The 2020 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) presents global figures for internal displacement in 2019. The report includes the following key statistics on internal displacement due to conflict and violence: An estimated 45.7 million people were internally...
The Lives and Livelihoods of Syrian Refugees in the Middle East: Evidence from the 2015-16 Surveys of Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Jordan, Lebanon, and Kurdistan, Iraq
This paper characterizes the displacement and welfare of Syrian refugees living in Jordan (Amman governorate, Za’atari and Azraq camps, and areas surrounding these camps in Mafraq and Zarqa governorates), the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), and Lebanon. The analysis...
Coping with the Influx: Service Delivery to Syrian Refugees and Hosts in Jordan, Lebanon and Kurdistan, Iraq
This paper characterizes rates of access to infrastructure and social services among host communities and refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), and related perceptions of quality of service delivery. In all three contexts, public service...
Keeping the promise: The role of bilateral development partners in responding to forced displacement
This study presents recommendations for operationalizing a ‘humanitarian-development nexus approach’ to displacement situations, as envisaged by the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR). The analysis is based on consultations with bilateral development agencies and a...