This report proposes five steps to improve the global response to internal displacement. If taken, these steps would build ownership of IDPs by host governments and foreign donors, implement rules and standards governing the response, reform the response of the United Nations and the United States, and create a permanent advocacy constituency for IDPs.

Contents:
- Sovereignty as the "Responsibility to Protect" in IDP crises
- Guiding principles on Internal Displacement
- Restructure the UN's approach to IDPs
- Improve the U.S. government's response to IDP crises
- Build the domestic constituency for IDPs