How COVID-19 Continues to Affect Lives of Refugees in Kenya : Rapid Response Phone Survey Rounds 1 to 5
Understanding the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees is important to inform targeted policy responses. The arrival of COVID-19 disrupted lives across all countries and communities, creating unprecedented challenges for the wo...
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okr-10986-366512021-12-04T05:10:46Z How COVID-19 Continues to Affect Lives of Refugees in Kenya : Rapid Response Phone Survey Rounds 1 to 5 Pape, Utz Delius, Antonia CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT REFUGEES EMPLOYMENT FOOD SECURITY LIVELIHOODS COPING STRATEGY HUMAN CAPITAL EDUCATION Understanding the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees is important to inform targeted policy responses. The arrival of COVID-19 disrupted lives across all countries and communities, creating unprecedented challenges for the world. As of August 2021, there have been more than 200,000 cases in Kenya, with more than 4,000 deaths. In response, the Government of Kenya (GoK) has imposed a range of restrictions to curb the spread of the pandemic. However, this has inadvertently resulted in socioeconomic effects on the population in Kenya, including those in refugee settlements. Data from the Rapid Response Phone Surveys (RRPS) will be essential in providing information to monitor and mitigate the impact of the pandemic. For refugee and surrounding host communities, which span the humanitarian development nexus, this type of data is particularly important as comparatively there is the least data globally for these populations have. The Kenya COVID-19 RRPS aims to fill socioeconomic data gaps by providing evidence to inform targeted policy and programmatic response. With face-to-face data collection no longer a feasible option due to high infection rates and government restrictions, phone surveys emerged as an alternative for rapid and frequent data collection. The World Bank in collaboration with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, are implementing Rapid Response Phone Surveys for (i) Kenyan and refugee households, (ii) micro-enterprises run by young entrepreneurs, and (iii) formal enterprises. This note provides findings and makes policy recommendations based on five waves of data collection for Kenyan and refugee households. The RRPS data is unique as it allows to draw a picture of the socioeconomic situation of all major refugee groups in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic, covering camp and urban refugees as well as stateless persons in the same as Kenyan nationals. Kenyan nationals residing in urban areas were selected as the comparison group throughout this report, as densely populated areas, such as Kenya’s urban areas and refugee camps, were differently affected by the pandemic and thus this comparison is relatively easily made. 2021-12-03T15:46:45Z 2021-12-03T15:46:45Z 2021-10-16 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/202201637042522937/How-COVID-19-Continues-to-Affect-Livelihoods-in-Kenya-Rapid-Response-Phone-Survey-Rounds-1-to-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36651 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Kenya |
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Understanding the socioeconomic
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees is important to
inform targeted policy responses. The arrival of COVID-19
disrupted lives across all countries and communities,
creating unprecedented challenges for the world. As of
August 2021, there have been more than 200,000 cases in
Kenya, with more than 4,000 deaths. In response, the
Government of Kenya (GoK) has imposed a range of
restrictions to curb the spread of the pandemic. However,
this has inadvertently resulted in socioeconomic effects on
the population in Kenya, including those in refugee
settlements. Data from the Rapid Response Phone Surveys
(RRPS) will be essential in providing information to monitor
and mitigate the impact of the pandemic. For refugee and
surrounding host communities, which span the humanitarian
development nexus, this type of data is particularly
important as comparatively there is the least data globally
for these populations have. The Kenya COVID-19 RRPS aims to
fill socioeconomic data gaps by providing evidence to inform
targeted policy and programmatic response. With face-to-face
data collection no longer a feasible option due to high
infection rates and government restrictions, phone surveys
emerged as an alternative for rapid and frequent data
collection. The World Bank in collaboration with the Kenya
National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and researchers from
the University of California, Berkeley, are implementing
Rapid Response Phone Surveys for (i) Kenyan and refugee
households, (ii) micro-enterprises run by young
entrepreneurs, and (iii) formal enterprises. This note
provides findings and makes policy recommendations based on
five waves of data collection for Kenyan and refugee
households. The RRPS data is unique as it allows to draw a
picture of the socioeconomic situation of all major refugee
groups in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic, covering camp
and urban refugees as well as stateless persons in the same
as Kenyan nationals. Kenyan nationals residing in urban
areas were selected as the comparison group throughout this
report, as densely populated areas, such as Kenya’s urban
areas and refugee camps, were differently affected by the
pandemic and thus this comparison is relatively easily made. |
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How COVID-19 Continues to Affect Lives of Refugees in Kenya : Rapid Response Phone Survey Rounds 1 to 5 |
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How COVID-19 Continues to Affect Lives of Refugees in Kenya : Rapid Response Phone Survey Rounds 1 to 5 |
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How COVID-19 Continues to Affect Lives of Refugees in Kenya : Rapid Response Phone Survey Rounds 1 to 5 |
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How COVID-19 Continues to Affect Lives of Refugees in Kenya : Rapid Response Phone Survey Rounds 1 to 5 |
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How COVID-19 Continues to Affect Lives of Refugees in Kenya : Rapid Response Phone Survey Rounds 1 to 5 |
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how covid-19 continues to affect lives of refugees in kenya : rapid response phone survey rounds 1 to 5 |
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