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:
Bi-Watan, Bi-Khaaneh: ‘Internal’ Displacement, Afghan Refugees, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
RID Working Paper No. 1
By Chayanika Saxena
| October 27, 2021
Asylum-seekers and asylees from Afghanistan encountered ‘cascading displacement’ as they went about negotiating COVID-19 lockdowns in India
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Struggling against all odds: Psycho-social implications of the Anglophone Crisis on Internally Displaced Youths in Cameroon
GENIDA Working Paper No. 1
By Delphine Fanfon
| March 21, 2021
Based on a survey conducted amongst internally displaced persons and their hosts in different regions of Cameroon, this paper focuses on the psycho-social impact on young persons
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The State of Research on Internal Displacement in Asia
IDRP Working Paper No. 6
By Priyanca Mathur
| November 9, 2020
This paper reviews the research landscape on internal displacement in Asia by looking at the growing trends therein in order to assess the state of current scholarship
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Preventing Internal Displacement when Disasters and Armed Conflict Cross Paths: Challenges and opportunities
IDRP Research Briefing Paper
By Beatriz Eugenia Sánchez-Mojica
| October 21, 2020
This briefing paper addresses the challenge of prevention of internal displacement in contexts where war (or generalized violence) and disasters occur simultaneously
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Inter-State Dialogue on Internal Displacement: Lessons from Regional Platforms in Africa
IDRP Research Briefing Paper
By Allehone Abebe
| August 21, 2020
The experience of the African Union and its Regional Economic Communities shows the important role that regional platforms can play in promoting inter-State dialogue and learning on internal displacement and internally displaced persons.
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Inter-State Dialogue on Internal Displacement: Promoting Global Platforms?
IDRP Research Briefing Paper
By Ben Hudson and Bríd Ní Ghráinne
| August 21, 2020
This briefing paper explores the potential of existing fora as sites or models for inter-State dialogue on internal displacement, and assesses the need for a dedicated global forum on internal displacement.
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The Role of IDP Law and Policy in Fostering Responsibility and Accountability of Governments
IDRP Research Briefing Paper
By Romola Adeola and Phil Orchard
| August 21, 2020
This briefing assesses the role of national legislation and regional frameworks in fostering the responsibility and accountability of governments on internal displacement, drawing on an analysis of concrete examples and existing studies
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Internal Displacement as a Development Challenge
IDRP Research Briefing Paper
By Hana Asfour, Sabria Al-Thawr and Chantal Chastonay
| August 21, 2020
This paper synthesises existing analyses of how to address internal displacement as a development challenge
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The Triple Nexus (H-D-P) and Implications for Durable Solutions to Internal Displacement
IDRP Research Briefing Paper
By Gloria Nguya and Nadia Siddiqui
| August 21, 2020
This research briefing paper examines what has worked (or not) when utilizing a Humanitarian-Development-Peacebuilding or ‘triple nexus’ approach to facilitate solutions to internal displacement
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