Resources
JDC Literature Review
The JDC publishes a monthly literature review update, highlighting recent publications, academic scholarship, and thought leadership on issues related to forced displacement which can be found in the Forced Displacement Literature Review Database.
The center also publishes a Quarterly Digest which is a roundup of the latest research across many aspects of forced displacement and includes an introduction by a guest editor, drawing on published works.
Access JDC Forced Displacement Literature Review
Latest JDC Literature Review Updates
Latest Publications and Reports
Mid-Term Review of the World Bank – UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC)
Established in 2019 as a collaboration between the World Bank Group and UNHCR, the Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC) aims to enhance the availability and accessibility of high-quality socioeconomic data and evidence on forced displacement. As part of its...
Labor Market Access and Outcomes for Refugees
Labor Market Access and Outcomes for RefugeesRefugees’ right to work is protected by international law but often violated in practice. This Digest discusses the barriers that host governments impose on refugees’ labor market access and reviews the academic research on...
The impact of forced displacement on housing and urban settlement in host communities
Findings in the literature suggest that the sudden and often massive nature of refugee inflows, combined with the fact that housing supply is mostly unresponsive in the short-term, has the potential to affect housing prices and generate substantial changes in housing preferences.
Data Portals and Microdata Libraries
UNHCR Microdata Library
The UNHCR Microdata Library (MDL) provides access to microdata containing information about UNHCR persons of concern: refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs, returnees, stateless people, and other. The MDL contains unit-level microdata collected directly by UNHCR or indirectly through its partners, but supported in some way by UNHCR. The MDL aims to be the reference repository containing metadata on publicly available censuses, administrative data, and surveys regarding forced displaced people and other persons of concern to UNHCR, as well as provide direct access and/or links to the microdata. It is continuously updated as new datasets from UNHCR and its partners become available, and organizations which collect relevant data are highly encouraged to submit datasets for dissemination through the MDL.
Also, see UNHCR’s Refugee Data Finder to access information on displaced and stateless population, including their demographics, and the revamped Operational Data Portal for information, reports and key aggregate figures on operational data to support coordination with humanitarian partners.
World Bank Microdata Library
The World Bank Microdata Library is an online service which provides free access to microdata produced by the World Bank and also by other international, regional, and national organizations. The library has datasets on development issues including those related to forced displacement and refugee crisis.
The microdata in the Library have been collected through sample surveys of households, business establishments, or other facilities. Datasets may also originate from population, housing or agricultural censuses, or through an administrative data collection processes.
The Microdata Library is comprised of a number of collections, which can be browsed and searched individually or centrally from the Central Microdata Catalog.
Migration Data Portal
The Migration Data Portal aims to serve as a unique access point to timely, comprehensive migration statistics and reliable information about migration data globally. The portal is designed to help policy makers, national statistics officers, journalists, and the general public interested in the field of migration to navigate the increasingly complex landscape of international migration data, currently scattered across different organizations and agencies.
The Portal was launched in December 2017 and is managed and developed by IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), with the guidance of its Advisory Board, and was supported in its conception by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Global Internal Displacement Database by IDMC
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) has developed an interactive platform, the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIID), which enables policy makers, researchers, NGOs, and general public to access displacement data, export it, and generate relevant graphs and visualizations.
The GIDD has three main tools for exploring, analysing, and viewing displacement data: the Displacement Data tab; the Global Displacement Risk Model; and the the Displacement Data Exploration Tool.
The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)
The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) is an open platform for sharing data across crises and organizations. Launched in July 2014, the goal of HDX is to make humanitarian data easy to find and use for analysis. HDX is managed by OCHA’s Centre for Humanitarian Data, which is located in The Hague. OCHA is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies.