…and academic actors. The second mandate of the JDC began in 2024 and, over the next four years, we will work towards four strategic priorities: I. Systematic inclusion in national…
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What is the impact of forced displacement on health? A scoping review
…relevant literature include: all-cause and cause-specific mortality; infant mortality; maternal and perinatal outcomes; child morbidity; and child growth. Less frequent are studies on: maternal mortality; self-perceived health; unmet health needs;…
JDC Newsletter, April 2024
…increased integration of forcibly displaced people across World Bank analytics and programs. One of the best examples of this is the Central African Republic’s (CAR) first ever Poverty Assessment. There…
Improving the quality of survey data on forcibly displaced populations
…of any existing area- or list-frame; Use of gridded population data like WorldPop (https://www.worldpop.org/ ); Sampling based on other satellite-based data. Questionnaire design; This area of the activity will be…
JDC Annual Report 2022
…policy. DRC has not had a census since 1984. Hence, most forcibly displaced people – refugees…
JDC Newsletter, June 2024
…UNHCR’s annual report on refugees, asylum-seeker, internally displaced and stateless statistics was released in June, and it also reveals that most refugees (75 percent) live in low- and middle-income countries,…
3rd Research Conference on Forced Displacement
…both in-person and virtual presentations. Conference venue: Novotel Abidjan Plateau https://all.accor.com/hotel/0481/index.en.shtml For visa info, please refer ONLY to this website: https://snedai.com/e-visa/ Kindly note that a Yellow Fever vaccination card is…
Deconstructing borders: Mobility strategies of South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda
…raise questions about the relevance of mutually exclusive notions of ‘refugees’ versus ‘migrants’ and ‘home’ versus ‘host’. The author also argues that freedom of movement results in a win-win situation,…
JDC Newsletter, July 2024
…far more daunting. After the United States’ withdrawal from the country in August 2021, almost all of the country’s socioeconomic indicators, including life expectancy, school attendance, employment and GDP, deteriorated….
JDC Newsletter, August 2024
…today, with individuals remaining displaced for an average of 20 years. This protracted displacement overlaps with new displacement, often multiple times, demanding an evidence-based response. As funding declines and needs…