This article unpacks how climate change will affect migrant populations living in cities (including refugees and IDPs), and how local governance and actions to combat the effects of climate change will address migrants’ vulnerability and support their inclusion in...
JDC Literature Review
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Area-based Approaches: An Alternative in Contexts of Urban Displacement
This article discusses the use of area-based approaches, complementary to the current humanitarian architecture, to address urban displacement. Area-based approaches typically involve: (a) the targeting of geographic areas with high levels of need, delineated by...
Urban Response: Three Principles for Good Practice
This article summarizes the findings of a ‘Good Practice Review’, undertaken for ODI and ALNAP, which identifies three principles for good practice in urban humanitarian responses: Take the long-term view. Many short-term measures can have long-term impacts, e.g....
Urban Internal Displacement: Data and Evidence
This article discusses the challenges of collecting data on urban internal displacement, and how some of these challenges might be overcome. Key points: There is a persistent lack of accurate estimates of the scale of urban displacement. This reflects several...
Urban Displacement from Different Perspectives: An Overview of Approaches to Urban Displacement
This paper examines the approaches of local authorities, international humanitarian organizations (INGOs, UN, Red Cross Red Crescent), local civil society organizations, and built environment professionals (planners, engineers, architects and builders) in protracted...
Are Refugees Located Near Urban Job Opportunities? An Analysis of Overlap Between Refugees and Major Urban Areas in Developing Countries, and Implications for Employment Opportunities and MNC Engagement
Multinational corporations (MNCs) are increasingly seeking social impact alongside profit, and are emerging as important partners in the push to expand refugee employment and entrepreneurship. When refugees are located in urban areas, where economic activity and MNCs...
Private Sector & Refugees: Pathways to Scale
The development community is increasingly working to empower refugees as agents of their own lives and economic contributors, e.g. by providing skills training, offering employment or enabling access to financial products and services. Private sector actors are well...
Summary of IFC’s Stocktaking Study of Private Sector Initiatives: Engaging Refugees and Host Communities
The role of the private sector in responding to protracted refugee situations is shifting from traditional approaches (e.g. financial donations, or provision of goods and services as a contractor) to approaches that leverage private sector capabilities. An IFC survey...
Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) 2019
The 2019 Global Report on Internal Displacement presents global figures for internal displacement in 2018, including internal displacement due to conflict and violence. An estimated 3 million people were living in internal displacement as a result of conflict and...
The Impact of Forced Displacement on Host Communities: A Review of the Empirical Literature in Economics
The paper examines 49 empirical studies that estimate the impact of forced displacement on host communities. The reviewed studies cover 17 major forced displacement crises occurring between 1922 and 2015, to host countries at different levels of economic development...