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Internally displaced people (IDP)
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Bringing urban refugees into local planning
Can we move from emergency to developmental response to the large and growing numbers of refugees living in urban areas by bringing them into local planning processes?
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IIED and partners call for cities to develop a proactive response to urban displacement
IIED and partners’ submission to UN High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement calls for a complete rethinking of how government and other actors respond to internal displacement in urban areas
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A world without refugee camps? IIED launches research on urban refugees
Most refugees and displaced people live in towns and cities – not camps. New research from IIED will build understanding of how urban areas could be the best place to meet the needs and aspirations of these groups
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Responding to protracted displacement in an urban world
IIED is leading a study that will compare the experiences of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in cities and camps in four countries – Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Jordan and Kenya
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The challenge of finding money to build shelter in Mogadishu’s informal settlements
Housing development in Mogadishu is overlooking and excluding its largest potential customer base: the poor
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The Ethiopian informal settlement jigsaw puzzle: an opportunity to re-sort the pieces?
Informal settlements are increasingly housing Ethiopia’s growing population – laying bare gaps in policy that must be addressed
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Shelter provision in East African cities: understanding transformative politics for inclusive cities
This project ran from October 2017 to February 2020 and investigated systems of shelter provision in three East African cities – Nairobi in Kenya, Hawassa in Ethiopia and Mogadishu in Somalia – in order to generate new insights to inform more inclusive, affordable shelter interventions
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Providing shelter in East African cities: what works?
Diane Archer introduces a new project that aims to identify the key determinants of access to shelter in East Africa's fast-growing urban areas
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Refugee livelihoods in Ugandan cities: mind the gap between policy and practice
Uganda has one of the most open-door refugee policies in the world. But improving the lives of urban refugees on the ground requires government and community organisations to work together to put these policies into practice
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Uganda: Breaking the links between the land and the people
Land tenure relations are changing fast, but no one is asking how these drastic changes will transform the lives of Ugandans who depend on land for their identity, social status and livelihoods.
