Measuring Poverty in Forced Displacement Contexts
Poverty measurement among forcibly displaced populations, including refugees and internally displaced persons, has been, for long, neglected by the economics profession and by poverty specialists working across the social sciences. This has changed since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011 and the peak of the European migration crisis in 2015. This paper reviews the evolution, current status, and future prospects of the poverty measurement literature on forcibly displaced populations; discusses the main data and measurement challenges associated with this type of population; illustrates selected empirical findings that have emerged from the recent literature; and provides an overview of the substantial effort that humanitarian and development organizations are currently undertaking to close this historical gap in poverty measurement.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2023-02-13T18:39:30Z
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| Subjects: | REFUGEE POVERTY MEASUREMENT, FORCED DISPLACEMENT, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, POVERTY, REFUGEES, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099330002082336067/IDU0f21f2e9f0f7b704c420a5af038bbbbb4f592 https://worldbank7-prod.atmire.com/handle/10986/39405 |
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| Summary: | Poverty measurement among forcibly
displaced populations, including refugees and internally
displaced persons, has been, for long, neglected by the
economics profession and by poverty specialists working
across the social sciences. This has changed since the
beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011 and the peak of the
European migration crisis in 2015. This paper reviews the
evolution, current status, and future prospects of the
poverty measurement literature on forcibly displaced
populations; discusses the main data and measurement
challenges associated with this type of population;
illustrates selected empirical findings that have emerged
from the recent literature; and provides an overview of the
substantial effort that humanitarian and development
organizations are currently undertaking to close this
historical gap in poverty measurement. |
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