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Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Systems to Respond to Forced Displacement

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posted on 2024-10-24, 16:06 authored by Christina Lowe, Jessica Hagen-Zanker

With displacement occurring at record levels and often on a protracted basis, there is increasing interest in the potential to link humanitarian displacement responses with social protection systems. This article discusses how social protection and humanitarian systems can work together to meet the needs of displacement-affected populations, based on the findings of a three-year research project that drew on global literature alongside mixed-methods data collected in 2021 in Cameroon, Colombia, and Greece. The article discusses five lessons: (1) displaced populations’ distinct needs and implications for social protection design and delivery; (2) inadequate social protection for host communities and implications for social cohesion; (3) the priority basis for evaluating linkage approaches; (4) the need for sustained international financing; and (5) the general importance of greater transparency and collaboration. It concludes with recommendations for further research to build the nascent evidence base on this topic.

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Institute of Development Studies

Citation

Lowe, C. and Hagen-Zanker, J. (2024) 'Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Systems to Respond to Forced Displacement', IDS Bulletin 55.2: 135–50, https://doi.org/10.19088/1968-2024.126

Editors

Stephen Devereux Jeremy Lind Keetie Roelen Rachel Sabates-Wheeler

Series

IDS Bulletin 55.2

Volume

55

Issue

2

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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Article

Copyright holder

Institute of Development Studies

Country

Cameroon Colombia Greece

Language

en

IDS team

Rural Futures

Identifier ISSN

1759-5436

Pagination

135–150

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    Volume 55. Issue 2: Social Protection in a Time of Global Uncertainty

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