{"id":3281,"date":"2021-07-22T14:42:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/?page_id=3281"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:48:30","slug":"jed-fix","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/blog-authors\/jed-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Jed Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Jed-photo.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Jed Fix&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Jed photo&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;200px&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|50%|50%|50%|50%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||40px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Jed Fix\u00a0<\/h1>\n<p><strong>UNHCR Senior Economist\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>Jedediah (Jed) Fix <span>is a Senior Economist for the UNHCR&#8217;s regional office in Nairobi, Kenya, where his work focuses on humanitarian-development collaboration, expansion of household surveys to include refugees, and measuring the impacts of forced displacement. Before joining UNHCR, he worked for the World Bank development impact and health, nutrition and population teams in West Africa and Switzerland. He holds a master\u2019s degree in political economy and development studies, was a Fulbright Fellow at the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines,is a Senior Economist for the UN Refugee Agency\u2019s regional office in Nairobi, Kenya, where his work focuses on humanitarian-development collaboration, expansion of household surveys to include refugees and measuring the impacts of forced displacement. Before joining UNHCR, he worked for the World Bank development impact and health, nutrition and population teams in West Africa and Switzerland. He holds a master\u2019s degree in political economy and development studies, was a Fulbright Fellow at the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines and a served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. and a served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f4f4f4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;42px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Blog posts by Jed<\/h2>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/measuring-absorption-capacity-a-new-tool-for-inclusive-response-and-integration-planning-in-south-sudan\/\">Measuring absorption capacity: a new tool for inclusive response and integration planning in South Sudan<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/east-horn-and-great-lakes-of-africa-leveraging-data-for-sustainable-refugee-responses\/\">East, Horn, and Great Lakes of Africa: Leveraging Data for Sustainable Refugee Responses<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/improving-solutions-to-forcible-displacement-through-evidence-learning-from-impact-evaluations-in-east-africa\/\">Improving solutions to forcible displacement through evidence: learning from impact evaluations in East Africa<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/understanding-successful-social-and-economic-integration-an-example-from-uganda\/\">Understanding successful social and economic integration \u2013 an example from Uganda<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/taking-stock-two-years-after-the-global-compacts-call-for-more-data-on-forced-displacement\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Taking stock: two years after the Global Compact\u2019s call for more data and evidence on forced displacement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jed Fix\u00a0 UNHCR Senior Economist\u00a0Jedediah (Jed) Fix is a Senior Economist for the UNHCR&#8217;s regional office in Nairobi, Kenya, where his work focuses on humanitarian-development collaboration, expansion of household surveys to include refugees, and measuring the impacts of forced displacement. 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