THEMATIC SERIES The ripple effect: economic impacts of internal displacement This thematic series focuses on measuring the effects of internal displacement on the economic potential of IDPs, host...
Manuela Kurkaa Governments, first-responders and humanitarian organisations responding to displacement triggered by disasters during the COVID-19 pandemic are faced with a complex challenge: to...
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities we explain how persons with disabilities can be disproportionately affected in disaster situations and why we need more disability-inclusive...
Here is our list of 10 opportunities to help overcome common challenges for dealing with disaster and climate displacement over the next 10 years. As we enter a new decade, it is time to realise the...
This thematic series explores the scale, nature and dynamics of internal displacement in towns and cities across the world ‘FROM AID TO EMPOWERMENT’: Addressing urban displacement in Colombia’s...
Escrito por Pablo Cortés Ferrández RESUMEN IDMC comenzó un programa de investigación en febrero del 2018 para investigar la escala, la naturaleza y la dinámica del desplazamiento interno en ciudades...
Written by Pablo Cortés Ferrández THEMATIC SERIESUnSettlement: Urban displacement in the 21st century This thematic series explores the scale, nature and dynamics of internal displacement in towns...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Internal displacement was first recognized as an issue of international concern by the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights in 1991. Over the following 30 years, the UN...
The Asia-Pacific region experienced 80 per cent of the total global new displacements associated with disasters recorded between 2008 and 2018. Since March 2020, like the rest of the world, the...
Rapid urbanisation is transforming relations to tenure security across the region and undermining settlements' resilience to disasters, but there is potential for this trend to be reversed. Urban...