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El Impacto de Permisos Temporales de Trabajo y Residencia para Inmigrantes en Colombia
A medida que los patrones de migración cambian, se necesitan más pruebas del impacto de los programas de regularización en los países en desarrollo. En Colombia, los investigadores evaluaron el...
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El rol de los líderes y lideresas en el proceso de regularización de migrantes venezolanos en Colombia
Resumen Ejecutivo Colombia es el principal país receptor de migrantes venezolanos. En 2021 el gobierno tomó la decisión de regularizar su estatus migratorio a través del Estatuto Temporal de...
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The role of community leaders in the regularization process of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia
Executive Summary Colombia is the main destination of Venezuelan migrants. In 2021, the Colombian government decided to regularize their immigration status through the Temporary Statute of Protection...
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El rol de los líderes y lideresas en el proceso de regularización de migrantes venezolanos en Colombia - Serie cualitativa: Mecanismos que fortalecen la integración
En la última década, más de 6 millones de venezolanos han abandonado su país. Alrededor de 1.85 millones se encuentran actualmente en Colombia (GIFMM, 2021). Los desafíos para integrar...
The Impact of a Nutrition-Focused Livelihoods Program on Child Health and Nutrition in Burkina Faso
Almost half of all deaths of children under five years of age are attributable to malnutrition, and despite the decline in numbers, progress continues to be very slow. Malnutrition and...
World + 10 more
The Partnership for Economic Inclusion | Annual Report 2021
Foreword The ongoing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has been a game changer for economic inclusion. For the first time in two decades, extreme poverty is on the rise, with the latest predictions...
Improving Community Acceptance of Returnees from Boko Haram in Nigeria: What Role Do Trusted Authorities Play?
How can communities be encouraged to accept former members of violent extremist groups who demobilize from conflict and begin the process of reintegration? Working in communities affected by Boko...
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Falling Living Standards and Food Insecurity during the COVID-19 Crisis | Evidence from nine low- and middle- income countries
The COVID-19 pandemic and the social-distancing policies put in place to contain the virus have led to a reduction in economic activity around the world. Families in low- and middle-income countries...
Lebanon + 1 more
Returning Home? Conditions in Syria, Not Lebanon, Drive the Return Intentions of Syrian Refugees
As of September 2020, the Syrian government had retaken control of the majority of Syria, leading to speculation about the end of the country’s civil war and sparking debates both within the region...
Experiments in Post-Conflict Contexts
Experiments are increasingly used to better understand various aspects of civil conflict. A critical barrier to peace is often conflict recurrence after a settlement or other attempt to end fighting...
Türkiye + 1 more
Understanding Each Other: Improving Social Cohesion in Schools in Turkey
There are approximately 70.8 million forcibly-displaced people worldwide, including 26 million registered refugees, about half of whom are children. Turkey has received more than 3.5 million refugees...
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The impact of large-scale forced displacement on Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Despite the scale and persistence of forced displacement, little data and evidence exists to inform long-term policy responses. The arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees in southern Bangladesh...
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Building Inter-Ethnic Cohesion in Schools: An Intervention on Perspective Taking
Authors: Sule AlanCeren BaysanMert GumrenElif Kubilay We evaluate the impact of an educational program that aims to build inter-ethnic cohesion in schools by developing perspective-taking ability in...
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Filling the Forced Displacement Evidence Gap: Taking Stock on World Refugee Day
Over 70 million people are forcibly displaced as a result of conflict, persecution, or violence---more than ever before in history. Displaced communities, who were already vulnerable before the...
Learning about digital benefit payments in a pandemic
By Kate Glynn-Broderick Editor’s Note: this is the first in a series of posts about adapting an ongoing policy project about digital payments with Bangladesh’s government to the current COVID-19...
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Socioeconomic characteristics of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in Bangladesh
Authors: C. Austin Davis, Nicola Jones, Mushfiq Mobarak, Jennifer Muz Cox’s Bazar district in Bangladesh has received multiple waves of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar since the 1970s, but late 2017...
How IPA is Pivoting with RECOVR – Because We Need Evidence Now More Than Ever
Annie Duflo As COVID-19 reaches more of the countries where we work and governments respond with increasing lockdowns and containment measures across the developing world, there is an urgent need to...
Building resilient health systems: Experimental evidence from Sierra Leone and the 2014 Ebola outbreak
Developing countries are characterized by high rates of mortality and morbidity. A potential contributing factor is the low utilization of health systems, stemming from the low perceived quality of...
COVID-19: How IPA is Responding, Adapting—and Preparing
Annie Duflo As COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly across the globe, we at IPA—like all of you—have been closely monitoring this rapidly evolving situation and adapting our lives and our work as a...