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Allowing refugees to access work and generate income not only reduces the financial burden on host communities but also fosters economic integration, benefiting both refugees and local populations.

Countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Syria, and Somalia, which host large refugee populations, also benefit from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) resources to promote economic development, raise living standards, and integrate displaced populations into sustainable socioeconomic systems.

As the number of forcibly displaced people continues to rise, the contrast between returns and resettlement figures is striking and was presented at the 3ʳᵈ JDC Research Conference in September.

The right policy can foster social cohesion between host communities and forcibly displaced people While we often hear about the economic opportunities and challenges that come with displacement, of equal importance is the social environment that forcibly displaced...

Numbers of forcibly displaced are sky rocketing, who are the people behind the statistics?By the end of 2023, an estimated 117.3 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced – a number that has risen every year for the last twelve. Six months later, by June 2024,...

Making IDPs visible in national statistics: a step towards sustainable solutions That more than 100 million people around the globe are forcibly displaced is a known fact. What is often overlooked is that the vast majority of them are Internally Displaced People...