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Situating Social Assistance Providers’ Perspectives in Protracted Displacement Contexts

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This study, using Q methodology with 60 providers across Lebanon, Pakistan, and the DRC, identifies eight distinct perspectives on the use of cash transfers to support displaced populations.

Fragmented Adaptive Social Protection in Contexts of Climate-‍Induced Displacement in ‍Pakistan

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This study uses Q methodology to explore displacement-affected people’s perceptions of state and non-state responses to climate-induced displacement in Pakistan’s Chitral district.

Social Protection and Climate-Induced Displacement in Pakistan

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Research conducted by the BASIC Research programme examined the implications of targeting choices in the northern states of Nigeria. Drawing on interviews with stakeholders across federal, state and local government, international organisations, and communities, this policy briefing identifies how institutional mandates and perspectives drive targeting choices.

Designing Social Assistance Programmes for Displaced People

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Social assistance programmes for displaced people are likely to be more effective if they take the circumstances and preferences of...

Assessing Displaced People’s Design Choices Around Social Assistance

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This paper sets out to partially address the exclusion of displaced people from the design and planning of social assistance programming by consulting them in a range of design choices about how they engage with social assistance and what a good social assistance programme would look like. The paper draws on research in two locations (camp and city) in each of three countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lebanon, and Pakistan.

Moving Targets: Social Protection as a Link Between Humanitarianism, Development and Displacement

In this paper we review the relationship between a humanitarian response to initial displacement and longer-term development planning, as well as the recent range of research and policy responses in this field.

Beyond Rights-Based Social Protection for Forcibly Displaced People

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Having a right that is not respected is not the same as having no right at all. At least this should not be the case. Failure to receive something to which you are entitled should lead to formal redress or failing that, protest.

Displacement and Social Assistance

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Displaced people are disproportionately hosted in low- and middle-income countries, and the length of their displacement is increasing.