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. 2022 May 29:6:100120.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2022.100120. eCollection 2022.

What we do know (and could know) about estimating population sizes of internally displaced people

Ruwan Ratnayake  1   2   3 , Nada Abdelmagid  1   2 , Claire Dooley  2   4
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What we do know (and could know) about estimating population sizes of internally displaced people

Ruwan Ratnayake et al. J Migr Health. .

Abstract

The estimation of population denominators of internally displaced people (IDP) and other crisis-affected populations is a foundational step that facilitates all humanitarian assistance. However, the humanitarian system remains somewhat tolerant of irregular and inaccurate estimates of population size and composition, particularly of IDPs. In this commentary, we review how humanitarian organizations currently approach the estimation of IDP populations, and how field approaches and analytical methodologies can be improved and integrated.

Keywords: Humanitarian assistance; Internal displacement; Population.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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