World Bank2017-08-102017-08-102010-07-29https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27710This brief focuses on the period of displacement and seeks to outline the impact of refugees on neighboring countries, including the developmental implications of forced displacement. The study has two main sections. The first section describes trends in the distribution of refugees in asylum countries. A series of graphs and tables highlights the fact that the largest percentage of refugees is found in countries neighboring their country of origin, most of which are middle-income countries. The second section discusses how neighboring countries that host refugees for protracted periods experience long-term economic, social, political, and environmental impacts. Furthermore, it also shows that in terms of the impacts and the opportunities that the presence of refugees create, there can be winners and losers among both the displaced and their hosts. Finally, this brief presents examples of global experience of development interventions that have focused on mitigating the negative aspects of large-scale and protracted displacement and strengthening the productive capacities of refugees in host countries.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTARMED CONFLICTSARMED FORCESASYLUMBASIC INFRASTRUCTUREBATTLESBILATERAL RELATIONSBORDER REGIONSBOUNDARYCENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTCITIZENSCIVIL CONFLICTCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL WARCIVIL WARSCLIMATE CHANGECOMBATANTSCONFLICT PREVENTIONCONFLICT RESOLUTIONCOUNTRY OF ORIGINCRISESDEBTDEPENDENCEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT PROJECTSDISEASESDISPLACEMENTDOMESTIC VIOLENCEECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESEMBASSIESEMERGENCY ASSISTANCEEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGEENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSETHNIC BALANCEETHNIC GROUPETHNIC GROUPSEXPLOITATIONEXTERNAL FINANCINGFAMILIESFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY STRUCTURESFIGHTINGFORCED MIGRATIONFRONTIERGENDER RELATIONSGOVERNMENT CAPACITYGROSS NATIONAL INCOMEGROUNDWATERHEALTH SERVICESHOME COUNTRIESHOST COUNTRIESHOST COUNTRYHOST SOCIETYHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONSHUMAN SECURITYHUMANITARIAN AIDHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCEHUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONSILLEGAL IMMIGRATIONIMFINCOME GENERATING PROJECTSINCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIESINFLUX OF REFUGEESINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINNOVATIVE APPROACHESINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEWINTERNATIONAL RESPONSEINTERNATIONAL STUDIESLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETSLARGE POPULATIONLIFE CYCLELIMITED RESOURCESLITERACYLIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIESLIVING CONDITIONSLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL DEVELOPMENTLOCAL ECONOMYLOCAL POPULATIONLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMASS MIGRATIONMATERIAL RESOURCESMEDICAL SERVICESMEETINGMIGRATION POLICYMILITIAMULTILATERAL AGENCIESNATIONAL CONFLICTSNATIONALSNATIONSNATURAL RESOURCESNEEDS ASSESSMENTNUMBER OF PEOPLENUMBER OF REFUGEESORGANIZED CRIMEPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPARTNERSHIPPARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN GOVERNMENTSPEACEPEACE KEEPINGPLANS OF ACTIONPOLITICAL VIOLENCEPOLLUTIONPOPULATION DATAPOST -CONFLICT SETTINGSPRESS RELEASEPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPURCHASING POWERRAPEREBELREBELSRECONSTRUCTIONRECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIESREFUGEEREFUGEE ASSISTANCEREFUGEE CAMPREFUGEE CAMPSREFUGEE COMMUNITIESREFUGEE LAWREFUGEE MOVEMENTSREFUGEE POPULATIONREFUGEE POPULATIONSREFUGEE PROTECTIONREFUGEE SETTLEMENTSREFUGEE SITUATIONREFUGEE SITUATIONSREFUGEE STATUSREFUGEE WOMENREFUGEESREHABILITATIONREMITTANCEREMITTANCESREPATRIATIONRETURNEESROADRULE OF LAWRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTSANITATIONSCARCE RESOURCESSECURITY SITUATIONSELF-RELIANCESERVICE DELIVERYSEXUAL ABUSESKILLED WORKERSSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL CONFLICTSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL PROBLEMSSOCIAL SCIENCESOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL TENSIONSOCIAL TENSIONSTEACHINGTERRORISMTRANSPORTATIONUNDPUNEMPLOYED YOUTHUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEESUNIVERSITIESURBAN AREASURBANIZATIONVIOLENT CONFLICTVOCATIONAL TRAININGVULNERABILITYWARSWATER RESOURCESWORLD DEVELOPMENTReportWorld Bank10.1596/27710