This brief summarizes findings from rapid welfare tracking surveys in Cox’s Bazar. Two rounds of tracking surveys were implemented via phone interviews in 2020 to monitor the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on labor markets, wages, and household coping strategies.
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JDC Support in Integrating forcibly displaced populations into COVID-19 High Frequency Phone Surveys
JDC Support to Integrating forcibly displaced populations into COVID-19 High Frequency Phone SurveysIn coordination with the COVID-19 High Frequency Phone Survey work by the World Bank and its partners, the Joint Data Center is supporting the expansion of those...
Burundi: Survey(s) on vulnerable populations
Burundi: Survey(s) on vulnerable populations Background and context Situations of conflict and fragility require agility in decision making, which is most effective in the presence of up-to-date information. In Burundi, conflict and fragility inside and outside...
Central African Republic (CAR): IDP survey as part of the 2021 Harmonized Household Living Conditions Survey
Central African Republic (CAR): IDP survey as part of the 2021 Harmonized Household Living Conditions Survey Background and context The National Statistical Institute of CAR is currently conducting the 2021 Harmonized Household Living Conditions Survey (Enquête...
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...
JDC newsletter, June 2021
Improving the availability and accessibility of high-quality socioeconomic data Dear colleagues, When the JDC was established in 2019, expectations were high. The Center was founded with the ambition to transform the way we - the international community -...
Monthly Update of Forced Displacement Literature Review, June 2021
The world’s most neglected displacement crises in 2020
This report identifies the world’s most neglected displacement crises in 2020, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). NRC considered 40 displacement crises resulting in more than 200,000 displaced people, and ranked them according to the following three...
The labor market reintegration of returned refugees in Afghanistan
This paper investigates the labor market outcomes of returned refugees in Afghanistan. The authors examine the factors influencing the labor market outcomes of returned refugees compared to non-migrants, and in particular, whether the returnees’ migration and return...
Welfare Impact of Hosting Refugees in Ethiopia
This paper examines the impact of refugee inflows on the welfare of host households in Ethiopia. The author examines the impact on consumption expenditure per capita and wealth of host households, and investigates three potential mechanisms for these effects, namely:...
