Jordan hosts about 1.36 million Syrians, including both registered and unregistered refugees, representing around 15 percent of Jordan’s total population. Approximately 90 percent of Syrians in Jordan are living outside camp settings in urban, peri-urban, and rural...
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Refugee livelihoods: a comparative analysis of Nairobi and Kakuma Camp in Kenya
This paper compares the livelihoods of refugees living in a camp setting (Kakuma Camp) and an urban setting (Nairobi) in Kenya, and contrasts these with the economic activities of host communities in each location. At the time the research was undertaken, in 2016,...
The Labour Market Effects of a Refugee Wave. A Replication Study of Peri and Yasenov (Journal of Human Resources, 2019)
There has been much academic debate about the effects of the Mariel Boatlift—the exodus of 125,000 refugees from Cuba to Miami, Florida in April 1980—on the wages of local workers. The Mariel Boatlift increased the labor force in Miami by about 8 percent, and...
Development after Displacement: Evaluating the Utility of OpenStreetMap Data for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goal Progress in Refugee Settlements
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are most commonly monitored using data collected through national censuses and surveys. However, refugees are consistently excluded from these data collection instruments as well as global settlement and population datasets....
‘Over-researched’ and ‘Under-researched’ refugee groups: Exploring the phenomena, causes and consequences
Not all refugee groups receive equal attention from researchers. Among certain groups of refugees who have been the subject of numerous research studies, there is increasingly ‘research fatigue’, while there are other groups of refugees who feel they are...
Reflections and Directions for Research in Refugee Studies
Refugee studies emerged as an area of scholarship in the 1980s. This review piece discusses developments in the field of refugee studies and identifies areas for future research. Main points: Attempts to theorize refugee migration are relatively recent, compared to...
Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) 2021
The 2021 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) presents global figures for internal displacement in 2020. The report includes the following key statistics on internal displacement due to conflict and violence: An estimated 48 million people in 59 countries and...
JDC newsletter, August 2021
Providing evidence on the forcibly displaced during the pandemic Dear colleagues, For many, late August means a return to professional life and this year perhaps a return to a “new normal”. To set you up for a productive second part of 2021, we have compiled...
Strategic Advisory Council 2021
Participate in the Joint Data Center’s third Strategic Advisory Council, where the focus will be on the efforts of pursuing the Center’s third Strategic Objective: Enhance Safe and Responsible Data Access.
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