WORKING PAPERS
ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT
Our Working Papers on Internal Displacement series publishes original research on internal displacement and internally displaced persons.
The series provides an Open Access platform for publishing high-quality paper-length research by members of the networks hosted on the Researching Internal Displacement website as well as by other researchers on internal displacement.
Working Papers are prominently displayed as a resource for scholars and practitioners worldwide. Papers may be submitted in English, French, Spanish or Arabic. See the criteria for publication here.
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As a ‘one-stop shop’ for outputs from the networks hosted on the Researching Internal Displacement website, the series also reprints Working Papers published by those networks, including the IDRP Working Paper Series and GENIDA Working Papers.
For further information, and to submit a paper to the Working Papers on Internal Displacement, please contact the series Editor:
Effects of Internal Displacement on the Usage of the Kurdish Language in Turkey
RID Working Paper No. 30
By Selen Vargün Alıtkan
| October 31, 2022
This paper draws on expert interviews to shed light on how the internal displacement of Kurds living in Turkey shapes the usage and persistence of the Kurdish language
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Transformation in the dynamics of internal displacement in Colombia in times of migration
RID Working Paper No. 29
By Ana María Ríos Laverde
| July 21, 2022
This paper analyses how internal displacement and cross-border migration converge in contexts of multiple risks and rapid change, as in the case of the Colombian-Venezuelan border.
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Transformación de las dinámicas del desplazamiento forzado interno en Colombia en tiempos de migración
RID Working Paper No. 29
By Ana María Ríos Laverde
| July 21, 2022
El presente documento busca analizar la forma como el desplazamiento interno y la migración transfronteriza confluyen en contextos de múltiples riesgos y de evolución rápida como es el caso de la frontera colombo-venezolana.
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“The perfect storm”: internal displacement due to disasters during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin American and the Caribbean, in terms of gender
RID Working Paper No. 28
By Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga
| July 18, 2022
This paper analyzes the gender impact of climate-based disasters that occurred in Latin American and Caribbean countries during 2020, in a context dominated by the global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“La tormenta perfecta”: desplazamientos internos por desastres durante la pandemia por COVID-19 en países latinoamericanos y caribeños, en clave de género
RID Working Paper No. 28
By Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga
| July 18, 2022
Este documento de trabajo analiza los impactos diferenciados de género de los desastres climáticos ocurridos en países de América latina y el Caribe durante el año 2020, en un contexto dominado por la crisis sanitaria global provocada por la pandemia por COVID-19.
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Development-Induced Internal Displacement: A Sustainable Livelihoods Framework Perspective
RID Working Paper No. 27
By Robson Mandishekwa
| July 14, 2022
This paper develops an approach for analysing livelihoods among development-induced IDPs using the sustainable livelihoods framework.
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Socio-Economic Challenges and Demographic Changes Arising from Internal Displacement in Syria
RID Working Paper No. 26
By Saja Al Zoubi and Humam Wardeh
| July 5, 2022
This paper assesses the demographic changes resulting from the four waves of internal displacement that Syria witnessed between 2011 and 2016. Applying a gender lens to the case studies of Swaida and Salamiyah, it also sheds light on the socio-economic challenges faced by IDPs during this period.
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“Don’t Take the Foot Off the Pedal”: Internal Displacement Is Still a Reality in Uganda
RID Working Paper No. 25
By Noah Ssempijja
| June 20, 2022
This paper seeks to highlight the continued prevalence of the issue of internal displacement in Uganda following the large-scale displacement crisis that affected the country from 1986 to 2008, as a result of the Lord’s Resistance Army war. By providing a thorough review of key internal displacement events that have occurred in the country over the period 2008-2020, it demonstrates both the multifactorial character of the issue, as well as the importance and yet absence of reliable, up-to-date and disaggregated data on internal displacement in Uganda
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Addressing Internal Displacement in Ukraine
RID Working Paper No. 24
By Catherine V. Rabus
| June 6, 2022
This timely paper focuses attention on how to improve humanitarian assistance and solutions for people displaced within Ukraine by the 2014 and 2022 conflicts
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