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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).
Leaving no-one behind in official statistics
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) will hold a session during the United Nations World Data Forum 2023.
JDC at the 3rd International Forum on Migration Statistics (IFMS 2023)
On the 24th January 2023, Björn Gillsäter, Head of the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC), participated in the session “Strengthening Migration Data For the Follow-up Review of Global Agreement” as part of the 3rd International Forum on Migration Statistics (IFMS 2023).
Blogs and Special Features
IKEA Foundation and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Invest in Better Data to Boost Protection and Wellbeing of Refugees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC) today announced new partnerships—with IKEA Foundation and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation—to understand the challenges of the forcibly displaced and their hosts so that the private...
Joint Initiative Announced to Enhance KoBoToolbox for Data Collection and Analysis in Displacement Contexts
KoBo Inc. and the Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC), an initiative established by the World Bank Group (WBG) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have partnered to strengthen KoBoToolbox.
Why it’s time to bring refugees out of the statistical shadows
Authored by Björn Gillsäter This blog was published in the World Economic Forum Photo:© UNHCR The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the challenges faced by the world’s refugees, internally displaced and stateless people. A lack of or gaps in data limit our ability to...
FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES, POOR DATA KEEPS THEM IN THE SHADOWS, HAMPERS EFFORTS TO HELP DURING COVID-19
“For winter, the most important thing is warmth,” says Noura, a Syrian mother of four living in Bekaa, Lebanon. Like any mother, she simply wants to keep her children safe and warm during the cold winter months. But Noura knows all too well what it’s like to not be...
The pitfalls and potential of high-frequency phone surveys during COVID-19
Authored by Jeffery C. Tanner "Phone surveys can be particularly useful in times – such as during the current pandemic – when it is difficult to conduct face-to-face surveys, but can present challenges." The COVID-19 pandemic has torn through lives and livelihoods...
Including refugees and IDPs in national data systems
Authored by Natalia Krynsky Baal “ The recent endorsement of international statistical recommendations on refugees and IDPs will help systematise the inclusion of these vulnerable groups in national policy and development agendas. Much work needs to be done, however,...
Aligning humanitarian surveys with international statistical standards
Authored by Felix Schmieding "There are huge benefits to be gained from producing statistics that are familiar to, and usable by, governments and other development partners." When the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics published labour force statistics from its...
World Bank’s ongoing engagement through the Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics (EGRIS)
Authored by Natalia Krynsky Baal, Emi Suzuki & Caroline SergeantPhoto:© UNHCR/John Wendle After a large increase in the mid-2010s, the number of refugees worldwide continues to break records. It was estimated that there were 26 million refugees worldwide in...
Data for what? Informing policymaking for forced displacement
Authored by Björn Gillsäter and Prof. Peter Kagwanja As we mark the World Statistics Day on October 20, 2020, the global displacement crisis is at its all-time high. Currently, one per cent of the world’s estimated 7.8 billion people are forcibly displaced...