This paper investigates differences in indicators of trust, reconciliation, and community engagement between individuals who stayed in their communities during conflict (stayees) and those who were IDPs or refugees and returned home (returnees).
JDC Literature Review
Results for: Internal Displacement
Social Cohesion, Economic Security, and Forced displacement in the Long-run: Evidence From Rural Colombia
This paper investigates the long-term impacts of displacement on the welfare, risk attitudes, social cohesion, and trust in state institutions among internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Colombia.
What it Takes to Return: UN Peacekeeping and the Safe Return of Displaced People
This article investigates the impact of UN peacekeeping on voluntary returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and attitudes towards returnees and IDPs in South Sudan.
Assessment of the environmental impacts of conflict-driven Internally Displaced Persons: A sentinel-2 satellite based analysis of land use/cover changes in the Kas locality, Darfur, Sudan
This study examines the effects of settlements of internally displaced persons (IDPs) on vegetation cover in the Kas locality of Darfur, Sudan. The Kas locality is in the South Darfur state, around 86 kilometers northwest of the state capital, Nyala. The estimated population of IDPs in the Kas locality increased from between 35,000 to 40,000 in 2004 to more than 77,000 by 2020.
Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2023
The 2024 Global Trends report presents the most recent official statistics on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), stateless people, and returned refugees for the year 2023. The data included in the report is sourced from governments, non-governmental organizations, and UNHCR.
Posttraumatic stress moderates return intentions: a factorial survey experiment with internally displaced persons in Nigeria
This article examines the effect of posttraumatic stress as a moderator on the decision-making process of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria.
Prevalence and associated factors of common mental disorders among internally displaced people by armed conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: a cross-sectional community-based study
This study estimates the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety, and associated factors among armed conflict survivors in Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique. Mozambique hosts nearly 32,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, and more than one million IDPs displaced by violence perpetrated by non-state armed groups.
Prevalence of depression and associated factors among community hosted internally displaced people of Tigray; during war and siege
This study estimates the prevalence of depression and associated factors among internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tigray, Ethiopia. Between November 2020 and September 2021, an estimated 2.1 million people were displaced by armed conflict in Tigray between the Tigray regional government and the Ethiopian federal government.
Post-traumatic stress disorder and associated factors among internally displaced persons in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The study provides a comprehensive synthesis of existing research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and associated risk factors among IDPs in African countries.
Prevalence, patterns, and determinants of gender-based violence among women and girls in IDP camps, Mogadishu-Somalia
This paper estimates the prevalence and determinants of gender-based violence (GBV) among women in IDP camps in Somalia. Somalia has one of the highest rates of GBV worldwide, with GBV more prevalent among women and girls in IDP camps.