JDC Literature Review
The JDC literature review contains summaries of recent publications and academic scholarship on issues relating to forced displacement.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Case Study of Refugees in Towns
There are approximately 10,000 refugees in Dar es Salaam, the majority from DRC and Burundi. The report examines the vulnerabilities of urban refugees and the difficulties they encounter in accessing basic services. The report begins with an overview of the refugee...
City of Challenge and Opportunity: Employment and Livelihoods for Internally Displaced People in Maiduguri, Borno State
This case study examines the process of socio-economic integration of urban IDPs in Maiduguri in northern Nigeria and considers the opportunities and challenges they encounter in securing employment. The research finds that urban IDPs in Maiduguri engage in a range of...
Tripoli, Lebanon: A Case Study of Refugees in Towns
This case study examines the impacts of the Syrian refugee influx on Tripoli, with a focus on urban poverty. By January 2017, Tripoli hosted some 70,000 registered Syrian refugees, representing a 17 percent increase in the city population. Prior to the Syrian refugee...
Where Life Hangs by a Chain: A Jordanian Refugee Camp is a Test for Blockchain-Based Identity Systems
This article discusses the piloting of a blockchain-based system to deliver cash-for-food aid to refugees in Jordan. Since early 2017, WFP’s Building Blocks program has distributed cash-for-food aid to over 100,000 Syrian refugees in Zaatari camp in Jordan, and will...
Building Refugee Economies: An Evaluation of the IKEA Foundation’s Programme in Dollo Ado
This report presents a detailed evaluation of the IKEA Foundation’s livelihood programs in Dollo Ado refugee camps in the remote Somali region of Ethiopia. The Dollo Ado camp complex accommodates around 160,000 refugees. Working through UNHCR, the IKEA Foundation has...
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...
Private Sector Engagement in Refugee Education
Of the 144 non-state organizations engaged in Syrian refugee education in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey (in the second half of 2016), 32 percent were businesses and 10 percent were foundations. Of these, 77 percent were headquartered in high-income countries and 62...
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 Politics of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: A Question of Inclusion and Exclusion through Citizenship
This article explores the changing concept of citizenship in Turkey following the arrival of Syrian refugees, and evaluates the conditions and rationale for extending Turkish citizenship to Syrians. Turkey hosts more than 3.5 million Syrians under temporary protection...