Data Collection and Surveys
JDC aims to foster and produce quality socioeconomic data and analysis to improve development policy and humanitarian response.
Livelihoods of Refugees and Host Communities in Malaysia
A representative survey of Rohingya, other refugees from Myanmar and refugees from other countries and host communities in Malaysia of their needs.
UNHCR Forced Displacement Survey
Three pilot surveys, in Cameroon, Pakistan and South Sudan of the Forced Displacement Survey, the first-of-its-kind survey programme will produce data on refugees that is multi-sectoral, comparable across countries, and fully aligned with international measurement standards.
Refugees in Uganda
The inclusion of a representative sample of refugees in the national Demographic and Health Survey in Uganda – one stratum for the northern population and another for those in the southwest, reflecting the current geographic distribution of refugees.
Refugees in Ethiopia
Expanding the government’s survey to cover refugees, producing data that is fully comparable with their hosts and that will enable policy makers to improve outcomes for both.
Internal displacement in Colombia
Support for the National Statistics Office (DANE) and Victims Unit (UARIV) in Colombia to improve statistics on internally displaced persons by implementing international standards, linking IDP data with other government sources, and carrying out additional analysis and policy work.
Statelessness and national censuses in Central Asia
Support to census activities in Central Asia will improve the technical infrastructure of National Statistical Offices and train census enumerators on citizenship status and statelessness, and conduct public awareness campaigns of statelessness to encourage the participation of stateless people in censuses. This will be complemented with a survey on stateless persons in Tajikistan.
Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya
The World Bank and UNHCR will collaborate to produce comparative datasets on refugee and host communities in Nairobi.
Internally displaced people in the Central African Republic
Developing a new module for internally displaced people in the national Harmonized Household Living Conditions Survey, increasing the sample size of respondents in camps, building the capacity of national entities and analyzing the data.
The socioeconomic conditions of populations in Somalia
Short surveys will provide data to a rapid monitoring system that will enable the Somali NSO, UNHCR and partners to assess the changing needs of IDPs, refugees, returnees and host communities.
Refugees in Bangladesh
A short-term socioeconomic study conducted in 2021 will provide evidence for a medium-term policy response to the Rohingya crisis in Cox’s Bazar.
Forced displacement in Yemen
Several complementary surveys and qualitative interviews of IDPs and communities in Yemen about their welfare, including food security, labor market activity, basic services, and related topics.
Refugees in Burundi
Evaluation of data from the 2019-2020 Burundi Socioeconomic survey jointly implemented by UNHCR and the World Bank forms the basis of a socioeconomic profile of refugees in Burundi.