Displacement camps: For better or for worse?

While camps are often crucial for the displaced populations in the immediate term, they are not a tenable option when displacement becomes prolonged.

Utz Pape, Ambika Sharma |
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Poverty

How many years do refugees stay in exile?

"The average length of time that refugees spend in camps is 17 years." This cruel statistic has been quoted many times, influencing our perception of refugee crises as never-ending…

Xavier Devictor, Quy-Toan Do |
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Poverty, Urban Development

Experience from the Horn of Africa: Using area-based and inclusive planning to coordinate the humanitarian-development response to forced displacement

In the previous blog, we wrote about some essential features of a development response to forced displacement, which is the first question that we confronted in preparing a project to support the…

Varalakshmi Vemuru |
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Urban Development

How can we improve the lives of Africa's displaced populations?

About this series More blog posts Forced displacement is a global crisis that requires urgent humanitarian action. But as displacement tends to last many years – with long-term impacts on the…

Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Jo de Berry |
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Urban Development