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...
JDC Literature Review
Results for: 2020
Urban Planning for Refugee Housing: Responding to Urgent Needs
This article discusses how the city of Hamburg adjusted its urban planning policy to accommodate refugees, and the implications of their approach. The settlement of 82,000 refugees in Hamburg (a city of 1.8 million people) between 2015 and 2019 exacerbated an already...
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...
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...
Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Complex Humanitarian Crises
Populations affected by humanitarian crises are expected to be particularly susceptible to COVID-19 due to displacement, crowded housing, malnutrition, inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) tools, and stigmatization. These settings lack the infrastructure,...
Refugee and Migrant Health in the COVID-19 Response
This article identifies implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for refugees and migrants due to: (a) suspension of resettlement travel for refugees; (b) restrictions on population movements leading to potential refoulement of asylum seekers; (c) local transmission in...
The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Prepares for COVID-19
Over 855 000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have fled to Cox’s Bazar, the second poorest district in Bangladesh. This article describes efforts to prepare for COVID-19 in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Establishing measures to protect refugees from COVID-19...
COVID-19: Projecting the Impact in Rohingya Refugee Camps and Beyond
An epidemic of COVID-19 in refugee settings with high population densities, poor access to water and sanitation, poor baseline health status, limited ability to isolate infected individuals, and inadequate capacity to surge health infrastructure and workforce could...
COVID-19 Control in Low-income Settings and Displaced Populations: What Can Realistically Be Done?
The impact of COVID-19 on people living in low-income and crisis affected settings could be more severe than in high-income countries due to: (a) higher transmissibility due to larger household sizes, intense social mixing between the young and elderly, overcrowding,...