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

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dc.creatorSchindler, Alexandra
dc.creatorSingh, Radhika
dc.creatorAdam-Bradford, A.
dc.creatorLaauwen, M.
dc.creatorRuckstuhl, Sandra
dc.date2023-12-31
dc.date2024-01-30T03:44:46Z
dc.date2024-01-30T03:44:46Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:42:03Z
dc.descriptionThis 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.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138671
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/163075
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Water Management Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceSchindler, 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]
dc.subjectrefugees
dc.subjectinternally displaced persons
dc.subjectcommunities
dc.subjectvulnerability
dc.subjectframeworks
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectland
dc.subjectwater systems
dc.subjectdisaster preparedness
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectdisaster risk reduction
dc.subjectmitigation
dc.subjectstrategies
dc.subjectextreme weather events
dc.subjectflooding
dc.subjectdrought
dc.subjectstorms
dc.subjectcyclones
dc.subjectforecasting
dc.subjectearly warning systems
dc.subjectfragility
dc.subjectconflicts
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectassessment
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.subjecthumanitarian organizations
dc.subjectcase studies
dc.titleAnticipatory action in communities hosting refugees and internally displaced persons: an assessment of current approaches
dc.typeWorking Paper

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