Data Blog
Advancing the collection and use of data to inspire solutions for forced displacement
Refugees enjoy better integration when they and their hosts are more financially secure
An impact evaluation shows significant socioeconomic benefits among refugees and hosts who participated in a graduation programme in Mozambique.
Solutions to forced displacement are incomplete without gender dimensions
Governments, humanitarian actors, local authorities, and development actors must continue to prioritize gender inequality in the myriad displacement and fragile settings to ensure equitable and effective protection responses and inclusive policies.
Rapid phone surveys in Kenya show disproportionately negative impact on refugees
Due to their underlying vulnerabilities, refugees in Kenya are disproportionately more affected by the crisis. They experience higher anxiety related to the risk of COVID-19 infection compared nationals, higher food insecurity, and their employment recovery lag that of the national population.
Annual Statistical Report: Experience from the Americas
The DIMA Statistics team within the Regional Bureau of UNHCR in the Americas applies multiple strategies to improve the data quality of the 2021 Annual Statistical Report submission in line with the United Nations Statistics Quality Assurance Framework and UNHCR’s draft Statistical Quality Assurance Framework, which will be published later in 2022. In this post, we will present and explain these strategies.
UNHCR Must Further Invest in Strengthening its Cooperation with the Development Partners – Independent Evaluation Report
@UNHCR February 16, 2022 - Over the past five years, UNHCR’s engagement in humanitarian-development cooperation has increased with a positive effect on refugees and host communities. To continue to build on the success, UNHCR needs to further adapt its work and...
2021 for UNHCR’s Microdata Library: What did we achieve?
By Andrea Pellandra and Sofia Sacks Ferrari, Global Data Service © UNHCR/Amos Halder: Bangladesh. Rohingya refugees receive health and nutrition support in the health centres in Bhasan Char island. The health, protection, and socio-economic crises caused by COVID-19...
Moving towards better education data for greater inclusion and visibility of refugees
By UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and UNHCR Kindergarten-age Aden was born on the move. She arrived in Medenine, Tunisia, in 2019 with her parents who fled Darfur in 2003. UNHCR is partnering with the Tunisian Refugee Council (CTR) and the Tunisian Association...
Predicting refugee flows with big data: a new opportunity or a pipe dream?
Big data can greatly improve early warning systems for humanitarian emergencies. But they must include potentially “invisible” populations, protect privacy rights, and be usable in cross-border settings.
Emerging Findings from the Joint Evaluation of the Protection of the Rights of Refugees During the Covid-19
Venezuelan refugees and migrants receive medical attention and COVID-19 tests before entering the Integrated Assistance Centre in Maicao, northern Colombia. © UNHCR The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the pre-existing protection risks for refugees and host...
Evaluation of UNHCR-led Initiatives to end Statelessness
Aki Sibindi, 24, with her son Milton, 3, holds her children's birth certificates at a ceremony on the outskirts of Nairobi to recognise families of Shona, a stateless community, as Kenyans. © UNHCR/Georgina Goodwin UNHCR’s mandate to address statelessness has evolved...
Taking stock: two years after the Global Compact’s call for more data and evidence on forced displacement
More than two years after the Global Compact’s call for more data and evidence on forced displacement, progress has been made. What are some of the trends in the emerging research?
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