Forced Displacement : Moving from Managing Risk to Facilitating Opportunity

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Forced Displacement : Moving from Managing Risk to Facilitating Opportunity

dc.contributor.author	Lakhani, Sadaf
dc.date.accessioned	2013-12-06T16:38:22Z
dc.date.available	2013-12-06T16:38:22Z
dc.date.issued	2013-02-25
dc.description.abstract	Displacement is most commonly perceived as a situation of crisis; a time in which risks to the displaced and to host communities need to be mitigated and managed. However, if managed well, displacement can also bring new opportunities for the displaced and host communities to improve their lives. This paper looks at the predominant reasons why displacement is viewed and assisted by the aid community as a humanitarian issue, rather than as a phenomenon for which development thinking and development solutions are to be applied. Policies and program approaches that facilitate the realization of opportunities are also explored. Specifically, the authors examine the obstacles associated with the shift away from perceiving displacement through a humanitarian lens, to responding to displacement as a development challenge. The paper asserts that the second point of view can open up opportunities to significantly improve the life of millions around the world.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/16371
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16371
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	forced displacement
dc.subject	refugee population
dc.subject	protracted displacement
dc.subject	internally displaced persons
dc.subject	IDP
dc.subject	protracted exile
dc.subject	migration
dc.subject	humanitarian assistance
dc.title	Forced Displacement : Moving from Managing Risk to Facilitating Opportunity	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.date.disclosure	2013-12-06
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T12:35:28.479838Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.language.supported	en
okr.topic	Communities and Human Settlements::Human Migrations & Resettlements
okr.topic	Conflict and Development::Disaster Management
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Population & Development
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.topic	Social Development::Post Conflict Reintegration
okr.topic	Social Development::Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance