Strengthening knowledge, evidence use and leadership in the Global South on forced displacement - focus on Southeast Asia

About this project

Some 79.5 million people worldwide, mostly in the Global South, are forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, economic hardships, climate change and prolonged instances of political fragility. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Asia and the Pacific hosts 19% of the world’s refugee population and 55% of the world’s stateless population. Globally, Bangladesh and Pakistan are among the 10 countries with the largest refugee populations while Afghanistan and Myanmar are the third and fifth countries of origin (respectively) of refugees and asylum-seekers. Yet almost all of the research that influences policy and practice on forced displacement originates from researchers based in the Global North. Local knowledge from the Global South remains scant and underutilized. Existing research on displacement has also remained surprisingly gender-blind and has produced poor policy responses to improve gender equality. This project seeks to overcome this deficit in local knowledge, use of evidence and leadership by establishing two inter-disciplinary research chairs on forced displacement in two major Asian universities with regional outreach. Both universities will join forces with the large community of international donors and civil society in Thailand, a major regional host of displaced populations, to promote greater gender equality and better solutions for displaced populations. The project w…

Published by

International Development Research Centre · Other public sector

Countries

Bangladesh, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia

Sectors

Facilitation of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Published by International Development Research Centre to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 1 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-301-2-109829-003.

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