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Sustainable Refugee Return: Triggers, Constraints, and Lessons on Addressing the Development Challenges of Forced Displacement

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dc.contributor.authorHarild, Niels
dc.contributor.authorChristensen, Asger
dc.contributor.authorZetter, Roger
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-08T20:44:02Z
dc.date.available2015-10-08T20:44:02Z
dc.date.issued2015-08
dc.description.abstractRefugee return is one of the three so-called durable solutions to refugee displacement envisaged by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the international community. The objective of this study is to identify the conditions that influence the decisions by refugees in protracted displacement regarding return to their home country - when, why, and by whom are decisions on return or other coping strategies made, and how are they affected both by life in exile and by the situation in the country of origin. The primary purpose of the study is to inform the World Bank’s country and regional strategies, as well as its operational approaches on ways to address forced displacement by showing that well thought out development actions that are responsive to the circumstances of specific displacement situations can contribute to the sustainable return and reintegration for displaced. Using a desk study method, the analysis has drawn on the existing literature on refugee decision-making regarding return together with eight country return cases. The study assesses both the conditions of life in asylum and those in the country of origin including activities to support reconstruction and development by governments and development actors including the World Bank, that have influenced whether, and to which extent, refugees were able to return in a durable manner or have adapted in other ways to opportunities and constraints in places of exile and origin. This paper will make the case that to assist return to become sustainable, it is necessary to also address development challenges affecting both the returnees and those who remained, and these cannot be met alone through short-term humanitarian efforts alongside political, social, peace building, and security considerations.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25074418/sustainable-refugee-return-triggers-constraints-lessons-addressing-development-challenges-forced-displacement
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/22751
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22751
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGPFD issue note series;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCOUNTRY OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectFORCED DISPLACEMENT
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectREFUGEES
dc.subjectREINTEGRATION
dc.subjectREPATRIATION
dc.titleSustainable Refugee Returnen
dc.title.subtitleTriggers, Constraints, and Lessons on Addressing the Development Challenges of Forced Displacementen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaFragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.date.disclosure2015-09-21
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-05T12:33:53.356761Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25074418/sustainable-refugee-return-triggers-constraints-lessons-addressing-development-challenges-forced-displacement
okr.guid542611468188337350
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0830f4d16_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum25074418
okr.identifier.report99618
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/09/22/090224b0830f4d16/1_0/Rendered/PDF/Sustainable0re00forced0displacement.pdfen
okr.region.countryAfghanistan
okr.region.countryAngola
okr.region.countryBosnia and Herzegovina
okr.region.countryBurundi
okr.region.countryCambodia
okr.region.countryIraq
okr.region.countryLiberia
okr.region.countrySouth Sudan
okr.topicConflict and Development::Post Conflict Reconstruction
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Cohesion
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Access to Finance
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Human Migrations & Resettlements
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::International Migration
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.unitGlobal Program on Forced Displacement (GPFD), Cross Cutting Solutions Area on Fragility Conflict and Violence
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