Publication: Vulnerability of Internally Displaced Persons in Urban Settings
Date
2015-01
ISSN
Published
2015-01
Author(s)
World Bank
UNHCR
Abstract
Internal displacement, rapid growth of
urban areas and proliferation of informal settlements are in
the spotlight of public policy debate in Afghanistan at
present. This pamphlet discusses characteristics, livelihood
strategies and vulnerabilities of households living in
informal settlements in three urban centers in Afghanistan.
These findings summarize the analysis from a joint World
Bank-UNHCR ‘research study on IDPs in urban settings’, which
illustrates the complexities of displacement and of urban
informal settlement growth. Motivated by an existing
knowledge gap on these issues, the analysis provides a
starting point for discussion among actors directly or
indirectly involved with management of problems related to
displacement and urban informal settlements, including
departments in the Government of Afghanistan, international
institutions and stakeholders from civil society. The study
documents the significance of displacement as a factor
underlying vulnerabilities observed in informal settlements,
and identifies IDPs as an extremely deprived segment of the
population, even in comparison to the profile of urban
poverty in the recent national risk and vulnerability assessment.
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Citation
“World Bank; UNHCR. 2015. Vulnerability of Internally Displaced Persons in Urban Settings. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21961 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”