Anticipatory action in communities hosting refugees and internally displaced persons: an assessment of current approaches

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationOxford Brookes Universityen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeFragility, Conflict, and Migrationen_US
cg.coverage.countryNigeriaen_US
cg.coverage.countryBangladeshen_US
cg.coverage.countryChaden_US
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Fasoen_US
cg.coverage.countryNigeren_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NGen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BDen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TDen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BFen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NEen_US
cg.coverage.regionSahelen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierSandra Meryl Ruckstuhl: 0000-0002-7677-0234en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5337/2024.200en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH052491en_US
cg.isbn978-92-9090-960-6en_US
cg.issn2012-5763en_US
cg.issn2478-1134en_US
cg.placeColombo, Sri Lankaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSchindler, Alexandraen_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Radhikaen_US
dc.contributor.authorAdam-Bradford, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLaauwen, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRuckstuhl, Sandraen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-30T03:44:46Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-01-30T03:44:46Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138671en_US
dc.titleAnticipatory action in communities hosting refugees and internally displaced persons: an assessment of current approachesen_US
dcterms.abstractThis paper is a global literature review of anticipatory action approaches in communities hosting forcibly displaced persons. Anticipatory action, or a set of actions taken to prevent or mitigate a potential disaster before acute impacts are felt, is an essential strategy to reduce the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. However, due to the complexity and diversity of host community environments, it has proven challenging to incorporate this approach into these contexts. This paper provides a review of the available data on water- and climate-related vulnerabilities in host communities to inform and strengthen anticipatory action approaches and climate adaptation initiatives. It also supports future research for the development of a replicable and scalable mixed-methods model called the Integrated Host Community Vulnerability Framework (IHCVF). This paper starts with a background and technical overview of anticipatory action as it is currently implemented by humanitarian and development organizations. This overview highlights the lack of research on how anticipatory action can take into account the specific vulnerabilities of host communities. The paper then provides a detailed definition of host communities, a term the authors use to refer to the context, institutions and structures within which forcibly displaced persons live, and encompasses both the hosts and the displaced. Finally, it reviews the early stages of development of the IHCVF, including operational needs, specific vulnerabilities to consider, and current gaps in the field that need to be covered with future research. Next, the paper analyzes the types of water- and climate-related vulnerabilities in host communities, and the anticipatory action approaches that organizations are undertaking in those communities, using case studies from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Sahel. The data from these case studies show how existing host community vulnerabilities and food, land and water-related stresses can compound disasters for hosts and forcibly displaced people when impacted by extreme weather events, conflict, disease outbreaks, and food insecurity. Finally, this paper ends with a few conclusions about gaps in the data, including a lack of anticipatory action strategies that prioritize long-term outcomes such as resilience building and adaptation, and the need for guidance on how to better implement anticipatory action and forecast-based humanitarian action in conflict situations. It recommends further research on water- and climate-related vulnerabilities in communities hosting forcibly displaced people to provide practical guidance to inform future programming.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2023en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSchindler, Alexandra; Singh, Radhika; Adam-Bradford, A.; Laauwen, M.; Ruckstuhl, Sandra. 2023. Anticipatory action in communities hosting refugees and internally displaced persons: an assessment of current approaches. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 24p. (IWMI Working Paper 212) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2024.200]en_US
dcterms.extent24p.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfIWMI Working Paper 212en_US
dcterms.issued2023-12-31en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
dcterms.subjectrefugeesen_US
dcterms.subjectinternally displaced personsen_US
dcterms.subjectcommunitiesen_US
dcterms.subjectvulnerabilityen_US
dcterms.subjectframeworksen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectlanden_US
dcterms.subjectwater systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectdisaster preparednessen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectresilienceen_US
dcterms.subjectdisaster risk reductionen_US
dcterms.subjectmitigationen_US
dcterms.subjectstrategiesen_US
dcterms.subjectextreme weather eventsen_US
dcterms.subjectfloodingen_US
dcterms.subjectdroughten_US
dcterms.subjectstormsen_US
dcterms.subjectcyclonesen_US
dcterms.subjectforecastingen_US
dcterms.subjectearly warning systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectfragilityen_US
dcterms.subjectconflictsen_US
dcterms.subjectmigrationen_US
dcterms.subjectassessmenten_US
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen_US
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen_US
dcterms.subjecthumanitarian organizationsen_US
dcterms.subjectcase studiesen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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