By better understanding the evolution of the relationship between host and refugee communities in Ethiopia, the World Bank hopes that it can support hosting governments in enabling these groups to…

Varalakshmi Vemuru, Aditya Sarkar, Andrea Woodhouse |

COVID-19 is putting new pressure on economies with weak public services and low capacity to respond. In countries impacted by fragility, conflict and violence, the impact is amplified. Socially…

Louise Cord, Franck Bousquet |

Even in the absence of a pandemic, refugees who are forced to move due to conflict, persecution, environmental disasters and poverty - or a combination of these factors - face innumerable…

Helidah Refiloe Ogude, Tamuka Chekero |

A study looks at data from 2000-2017 in 201 origin countries and 113 destination countries and is based on a panel data set constructed from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (…

Ismael Issifou |

Many of the refugees from South Sudan, Sudan, and Eritrea have gone to Ethiopia, where they are living in camps. To support the refugee-hosting communities in Ethiopia, the World Bank financed the…

Varalakshmi Vemuru |

Recovery and Peacebuilding Assessments are supported by the World Bank Group (WBG), European Union (EU) and the United Nations to coordinate engagement in countries or regions emerging from…

Asbjorn Wee |

We recently published a paper, Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children’s Health: Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania, that looks at the long-term impacts of…

Soazic Elise Wang Sonne, Paolo Verme |

The World Bank’s ID4D Initiative estimates that globally, 1 billion people struggle to prove their identity – and women and girls are disproportionately affected. Gender gaps in access to…

Lucia Hanmer, Marina Elefante |

To examine the effects that forced displacement is having on the most vulnerable, the World Bank recruited 10 young scholars who spent a year working as part of the African Young Fellows Program…

Rebecca Ong |

On 16-18 December 2019, governments, refugees, development actors, the private sector, UN entities, civil society organizations, academics, and faith leaders, among others, will converge in Geneva…

Céline Zarina Mersch |