Internal Displacement to Urban Areas: The Tufts-IDMC Profiling Study

Type Case study
Language English
Publisher(s) Feinstein International Center, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
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Location(s) World
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Rights Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), IDMC, Tufts, Feinstein International Centre
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The study had three main objectives: to develop research tools to be used for profiling urban IDPs, including to make population estimates;Internal Displacement to Urban Areas: the Tufts-IDMC Profiling Study. Khartoum, Sudan: Case 1Jacobsen, with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centreto generate comparative data on IDPs and non-IDPs in urban areas” including demographic and livelihood characteristics, access to serv- ices, economic integration, and whether the assistance and protection needs of IDPs differ from that of non-IDPs;To use the data to work with governments and humanitarian organisations to develop programs and advocacy strategies that assist IDPs and protect their rights.