Posts tagged WELLBEING
IIED : Policy Brief - Inclusive urban solutions: city actors engaging with displaced communities
IIED : Policy Brief - Inclusive urban solutions: city actors engaging with displaced communities

April 2024

Most of the world’s displaced people live in cities, yet there is little evidence on how to build lasting partnerships with city governments to support urban displaced communities. 

Our co-founder Nassim Majidi along with Samer Saliba, Helen Elizabeth Yu authored this policy brief for The Protracted Displacement in an Urban World (PDUW) project. Exploring participatory planning and decision-making processes, bringing together city governments and representatives of displaced communities in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Jordan and Kenya. Four cities benefitted from increased dialogue on the needs of displaced people. Yet, it remains difficult to translate this awareness into sustained city-led coordination without filling city resourcing gaps. 

This briefing presents the key lessons learned from the project to inform city-led, multi-stakeholder responses to urban displacement.

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Samuel HallAfghanistan, displaced persons, WELLBEING, livelihoods, ethiopia, jordan, kenya, IIED, Policy Brief
IIED: Afghanistan's unfolding crisis; Wellbeing and livelihoods of displaced people before and after the regime change
IIED: Afghanistan's unfolding crisis; Wellbeing and livelihoods of displaced people before and after the regime change

February 2024

The Protracted Displacement in an Urban World project in Afghanistan aimed to understand the lives of displaced individuals in camp-like and urban settings. Initial data collection occurred before the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, with a follow-up one year afterwards to assess changes in livelihoods and wellbeing. The project, centred in Jalalabad city and Barikab settlement, evaluated five wellbeing dimensions. Key findings highlighted a significant economic downturn post-regime change, leading to increased hours worked for both men and women, more child labour, yet decreasing household incomes. Economic strain impacted health access, food security, and psychosocial wellbeing, notably worsening for women and urban displaced populations. The project calls for immediate humanitarian aid and targeted economic assistance, and emphasises the importance of gender inclusivity, community participation and a Humanitarian-Development Nexus approach for sustainable solutions.

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Samuel HallAfghanistan, displaced persons, WELLBEING, livelihoods