Data Blog
Advancing the collection and use of data to inspire solutions for forced displacement
Shining a spotlight on Nicaraguans’ poverty and wellbeing in Costa Rica
Evidence indicates that integrated policies to improve employment, social inclusion, and access to services for Nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica would benefit both them and the host country through social and tax contributions.
Can national financial inclusion strategies reach forcibly displaced persons?
Forcibly displaced persons must be incorporated into national financial inclusion strategies, recognizing their special circumstances and legal status as an important, deliberate step towards fully inclusive financial sectors.
Advancing UNHCR’s open data vision: the new Microdata Library
UNHCR launches new platform to make anonymized microdata available to organizations, partners, or individual researchers who demonstrate a legitimate need to access it.
Beneficiaries of monitored livelihoods programmes see gains in employment, income and savings
Refugees are no different from others in that employment is crucial to their livelihoods, personal empowerment and integration into society.
Refugee data at your fingertips: UNHCR’s new Refugee Population Statistics Database
UNHCR launches new database making information and statistics about forced displacement and statelessness available at your fingertips.
Guyana pioneers use of advanced technology to help Venezuelans
The use of UNHCR’s “PRIMES” system facilitates collection of data to assist Venezuelans and others in need of basic services in Guyana.
UNHCR launches new Guidance on Registration and Identity Management
The Guidance should serve as a resource for all UNHCR staff, host governments and other partners for updated advice and best practice on all aspects relating to registration and identity management.
Better statistics to help end statelessness
Better data on stateless populations is essential if UNHCR is to achieve the goal set to end statelessness by 2024. The newly established ‘Expert Group on Statistics on Statelessness’ is currently working on a set of recommendations to help improve the official statistics.
About the blog
The UNHCR Data Blog brings attention to data and research on protecting the rights and wellbeing of people forced to flee. It is also a forum to discuss research innovations in data-scarce forced displacement settings.
Useful links
UNHCR Data Transformation Strategy 2020 – 2025
UNHCR Socioeconomic Data and Analysis
Guidance on Registration and Identity Management
Registration and Identity Management at UNHCR
Socioeconomic Assessment Toolkit
Orientation for the early stages of planning a socioeconomic survey
Guidance on sampling household level surveys from UNHCR proGres registration data