The Welfare of Syrian Refugees : Evidence from Jordan and Lebanon

The book focuses on the largest refugee crisis of our time: the Syrian refugee crisis. It exploits a wealth of survey and registry data on Syrian refugees living in Jordan and Lebanon to assess their poverty and vulnerability status, understand the predictors of these statuses, evaluate the performa...

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Main Authors:	Verme, Paolo, Gigliarano, Chiara, Wieser, Christina, Hedlund, Kerren, Petzoldt, Marc, Santacroce, Marco
Format:	Book
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2015
Subjects:	aid conflict humanitarian assistance poverty refugees risk vulnerability welfare UNHCR
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23228

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spelling	okr-10986-232282021-04-23T14:04:14Z The Welfare of Syrian Refugees : Evidence from Jordan and Lebanon Verme, Paolo Gigliarano, Chiara Wieser, Christina Hedlund, Kerren Petzoldt, Marc Santacroce, Marco aid conflict humanitarian assistance poverty refugees risk vulnerability welfare UNHCR The book focuses on the largest refugee crisis of our time: the Syrian refugee crisis. It exploits a wealth of survey and registry data on Syrian refugees living in Jordan and Lebanon to assess their poverty and vulnerability status, understand the predictors of these statuses, evaluate the performance of existing policies toward refugees, and determine the potential for alternative policies. Findings point to a complex situation. In the absence of humanitarian assistance, poverty is extremely high among refugees. Current policies including cash transfers and food vouchers are effective in reducing poverty but they remain short of providing economic inclusion and self-reliance of refugees. A shift toward economic inclusion and self-reliance would require a different humanitarian and development paradigm, one that focuses on growth policies for areas affected by refugees where the target population is constituted by refugees and hosting populations alike. This joint study by the World Bank Group and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees helps bridge the historical divide between humanitarian and development work by providing practical solutions for assisting refugees in the short, medium and long-term and to prevent the irreversible loss of social and human capital typically associated with prolonged refugee crises. 2015-12-08T16:32:44Z 2015-12-08T16:32:44Z 2016 Book 978-1-4648-0770-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23228 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Syrian Arab Republic
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spellingShingle	aid conflict humanitarian assistance poverty refugees risk vulnerability welfare UNHCR Verme, Paolo Gigliarano, Chiara Wieser, Christina Hedlund, Kerren Petzoldt, Marc Santacroce, Marco The Welfare of Syrian Refugees : Evidence from Jordan and Lebanon
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description	The book focuses on the largest refugee crisis of our time: the Syrian refugee crisis. It exploits a wealth of survey and registry data on Syrian refugees living in Jordan and Lebanon to assess their poverty and vulnerability status, understand the predictors of these statuses, evaluate the performance of existing policies toward refugees, and determine the potential for alternative policies. Findings point to a complex situation. In the absence of humanitarian assistance, poverty is extremely high among refugees. Current policies including cash transfers and food vouchers are effective in reducing poverty but they remain short of providing economic inclusion and self-reliance of refugees. A shift toward economic inclusion and self-reliance would require a different humanitarian and development paradigm, one that focuses on growth policies for areas affected by refugees where the target population is constituted by refugees and hosting populations alike. This joint study by the World Bank Group and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees helps bridge the historical divide between humanitarian and development work by providing practical solutions for assisting refugees in the short, medium and long-term and to prevent the irreversible loss of social and human capital typically associated with prolonged refugee crises.
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author	Verme, Paolo Gigliarano, Chiara Wieser, Christina Hedlund, Kerren Petzoldt, Marc Santacroce, Marco
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title	The Welfare of Syrian Refugees : Evidence from Jordan and Lebanon
title_short	The Welfare of Syrian Refugees : Evidence from Jordan and Lebanon
title_full	The Welfare of Syrian Refugees : Evidence from Jordan and Lebanon
title_fullStr	The Welfare of Syrian Refugees : Evidence from Jordan and Lebanon
title_full_unstemmed	The Welfare of Syrian Refugees : Evidence from Jordan and Lebanon
title_sort	welfare of syrian refugees : evidence from jordan and lebanon
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2015
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The Welfare of Syrian Refugees : Evidence from Jordan and Lebanon

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