Forced displacement has become a phenomenon of tragic proportions. By the end of 2022, more than 108 million people were forcibly displaced, having escaped conflict, violence, or persecution. Low- and middle-income countries absorbed 76 percent of this displaced population, and often for a protracted period, as two-thirds of the total refugee population remain displaced for many consecutive years.1 A new policy resolve emerged at the height of the Syrian refugee crisis in 2015 and matured in 2019 with the ratification of the Global Compact on Refugees. Viewing forced displacement as a humanitarian and development challenge, the new approach recognized that cooperation and coordination must improve among governments and humanitarian as well as development actors in responding to forced displacement. Anchored on the principle of 'responsibility sharing', the Compact constituted the basis to guide this more effective response to forced displacement. But lack of data and evidence impeded the formulation of evidence-based policies and programs to address forced displacement. In 2015, reliable microdata on refugees was scarce and difficult to obtain. For internally displaced persons (IDPs), such data was nearly non-existent. These data gaps limited opportunities for rigorous research, which in turn constrained opportunities for evidence-based policymaking
Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/07/25
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Changing the Narrative on Forced Displacement : Findings from the UK-UNHCR-World Bank Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement Research Program
- Pages
- 72
- Product Line
- Advisory Services & Analytics
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- 1W-Forced Displacement: Policy Focused Analytics For Operational S -- P163402
- TF No/Name
- TF0A4641-FD Analytics
- Unit Owning
- Strategy, Analytics, Fin. Solut. (GTFS1)
- Version Type
- Final
- Volume No
- 1
Table of Contents
- _Int_htPCpoi3 26
- Acknowledgements 7
- Executive Summary 9
- Section 1 19
- Program Background and Structure 19
- Program background 19
- Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement: Filling a gap in vital research 21
- Program inception, governance, and structure 22
- Section 2 23
- Program Outputs, Outcomes, and Impact 23
- Impact on programming and policy 25
- Section 3 27
- Addressing Forced Displacement Through Focus Areas 27
- 1. Education: improving the learning outcomes for all 27
- 2. Stronger and more resilient health systems 31
- 3. Linking humanitarian and national social protection systems 34
- 4. Measuring labor market impacts and creating jobs 37
- 5. The intersectionality of gender and displacement 41
- 6. Improving social cohesion 44
- Section 4 47
- Contributions to Data and Research Methods 47
- Section 5 50
- Areas for Future Research 50
- Annex 1 53
- Lessons on Research Commissioning 53
- Annex 2 54
- List of Papers, by Research Pillar 54
- Annex 3 58
- List of Journal Publications 58
- Annex 4 60
- List of Dissemination Products and Activities, by Research Pillar 60
- Bibliography 64
- Box 1: Key Sectoral and Thematic Findings 12
- Box 2: Research content, methods, and dissemination 30
- Box 3: Research content and methods 31
- Box 4: Research content, methods, and dissemination 34
- Box 5: Research content, methods, and dissemination 38
- Box 6: Research content, methods, and dissemination 42
- Box 7: Research content, methods, and dissemination 45
- Figure 1 – Growth in FD Research (2016-2022) 20
- Figure 2 – Research on Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced (Number of publications, October 2016) 21
