AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Kenya - Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on refugees - Panel Study

The World Bank and UNHCR in collaboration with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and the University of California, Berkeley are conducting the Kenya COVID-19 Rapid Response Phone Survey to track the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the recovery from it as well as other shocks to provide timely data to inform a targeted response. This dataset contains information from eight waves of the COVID-19 RRPS, which is part of a panel survey that targets refugee household and started in May 2020. The same households were interviewed every two months for five survey rounds, in the first year of data collection, and every four months thereafter, with interviews conducted using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) techniques. The sample aims to be representative of the refugee and stateless population in Kenya. It comprises five strata: Kakuma refugee camp, Kalobeyei settlement, Dadaab refugee camp, urban refugees, and Shona stateless. Waves 1-7 of this survey include information on household background, service access, employment, food security, income loss, transfers, health, and COVID-19 knowledge. Wave 8 focused on how households were exposed to shocks, in particular adverse weather shocks and the increase in the price of food and fuel, but also included parts of the previous modules on household background, service access, employment, food security, income loss, and subjective wellbeing.
The data is uploaded in three files. The first is the hh file, which contains household level information. The 'hhid', uniquely identifies all household.  The second is the adult level file, which contains data at the level of adult household members. Each adult in a household is uniquely identified by the 'adult_id'. The third file is the child level file, available only for waves 3-7, which contains information for every child in the household. Each child in a household is uniquely identified by the 'child_id'.
The duration of data collection and sample size for each completed wave was: 
Wave 1: May 14 to July 7, 2020; 1,328 refugee households 
Wave 2: July 16 to September 18, 2020; 1,699 refugee households 
Wave 3: September 28 to December 2, 2020; 1,487 refugee households 
Wave 4: January 15 to March 25, 2021; 1,376 refugee households 
Wave 5: March 29 to June 13, 2021; 1,562 refugee households
Wave 6: July 14 to November 3, 2021; 1,407 refugee households
Wave 7: November 15, 2021, to March 31, 2022; 1,281 refugee households
Wave 8: May 31 to July 8, 2022: 1,355 refugee households
The same questionnaire is also administered to nationals in Kenya, with the data available in the WB microdata library: <https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/3774>

Tags: covid-19, eastern africa, economics, food security, health, livelihoods, protection, refugees, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Cameroon - Assessment on the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on refugees, IDPs and host communities - June 2020, Extreme North

UNHCR in Cameroon organized an assessment on the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on refugees, IDPs and host communities in the Extreme North of Cameroon. The objective of the assessment was to evaluate the impact on the food security and livelihood situation in rural areas. 698 people were interviewed over the phone to collect household-level data for the exercise.

Tags: health, livelihoods, nutrition, protection
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Kenya - Socioeconomic Survey of Refugees in Kakuma 2019

Since 1992, Kenya has been a generous host of refugees and asylum seekers, a population which today exceeds 500,000 people. The Kakuma Refugee Camps have long been among the largest hosting sites (about 40% of the total refugees in Kenya), and have become even larger in recent years, with an estimated 67 percent of the current refugee population arriving in the past five years. In 2015, UNHCR, the Government of Kenya, and partners established Kalobeyei Settlement, located 40 kilometers north of Kakuma, to reduce the population burden on the other camps and facilitate a shift towards an area-based development model that addresses the longer term prospects of both refugees and the host community. The refugee population makes up a significant share of the local population (an estimated 40 percent at the district level) and economy, engendering both positive and negative impacts on local Kenyans. While Kenya has emerged as a leader in measuring the impacts of forced displacement, refugees are not systematically included in the national household surveys that serve as the primary tools for measuring and monitoring poverty, labor markets and other welfare indicators at a country-wide level.  As a result, comparison of poverty and vulnerability between refugees, host communities and nationals remains difficult. Initiated jointly by UNHCR and the World Bank, this survey replicates the preceding Kalobeyei SES (2018), designed to address these shortcomings and support the wider global vision laid out by the Global Refugee Compact and the Sustainable Development Goals. Data was collected in October 2019 to December 2019, covering about 2,122 households.

Tags: asylum seekers, conflict-violence, education, facilities-infrastructure, food security, forced displacement, livelihoods, needs assessment, non-food items-nfi, populated places-settlements, refugees, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Uganda - Post Distribution Monitoring of Non-Food Items - Menstrual Hygiene Management Kits, 2020

UNHCR uses Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) as a mechanism to collect refugees' feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of the assistance items they receive. The underlying principle behind the process is linked to accountability, as well as a commitment to improve the quality and relevance of support provided, and related services. Usually the surveys that form the basis of the assessment are conducted soon after the distribution of relief items is completed. 
For this assessment, 1791 women recepients of menstrual hygiene management kits were interviewed, 1607 of whom answered questions about sanitary pads and underwear. 215 men were interviewed, 182 of whom answered questions about sanitary pads and underwear. These responses were excluded from the analysis.

Tags: health, needs assessment, water sanitation and hygiene-wash
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Lebanon - Monitoring of the Effects of Economic Deterioration on Refugee Households, Wave 3 (RON) 2020

The Monitoring of the Effects of the Economic Deterioration on Refugee Households dataset is a Phone survey of Syrian and non-Syrian households to monitor the changes over time in key areas in the context of the deteriorating economic situation in Lebanon. This wave focuses on: livelihoods, economic vulnerability, living conditions, access to health services, food and livelihood coping strategies, covid-19. This dataset includes only the non-Syrian refugees cases.

Tags: education, facilities-infrastructure, food security, health, livelihoods, needs assessment, shelter, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Lebanon - Monitoring of the Effects of Economic Deterioration on Refugee Households, Wave 3 (SYR) 2020

The Monitoring of the Effects of the Economic Deterioration on Refugee Households dataset is a Phone survey of Syrian and non-Syrian households to monitor the changes over time in key areas in the context of the deteriorating economic situation in Lebanon. This wave focuses on: livelihoods, economic vulnerability, living conditions, access to health services, food and livelihood coping strategies, covid-19. This dataset includes only the Syrian refugees cases.

Tags: education, facilities-infrastructure, food security, health, livelihoods, needs assessment, shelter, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Angola - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2019

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Burkina Faso - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2017

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Bangladesh - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2018

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Cameroon - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2018

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Cameroon - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2019

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Ethiopia - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2018

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Kenya - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2018

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Kenya - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2019

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Mauritania - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2019

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Niger - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2019

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Rwanda - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2017

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
South Sudan - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2018

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
South Sudan - Energy Monitoring Framework Survey, 2019

The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework takes a program-based approach to monitoring, with the aim of tracking both outputs and the impact of UNHCR dollars spent on programming (either via partners or through direct implementation). The process for developing the indicators began in 2015 with a review of existing tools and approaches and consultations with Government, Private Sector, field-based staff and NGO partners to devise a set of common, standardized measures rooted in global good practices.
More info is available on the official website: https://eis.unhcr.org/

Tags: energy, environment, facilities-infrastructure, food security
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Sudan - Durable Solutions Analysis Survey: North Darfur State, 2021

Protracted and new displacements of large numbers of people as well as complex conflict dynamics continue to be a major issue in Darfur. In 2020, an estimated 2.5 million people were internally displaced and close to 400,000 Darfuris refugees resided in neighbouring countries. The political transition following years of conflict paved the way for the signing of the Juba Peace Agreement (JPA) in 2020. The peace agreement aims to address the root causes of conflict but also establishes durable solutions for displaced populations as a necessity for lasting peace in Darfur. In 2021, the Government furthermore initiated work on a National Strategy on Solutions, which will offer a critical strategic framework and operational roadmap towards solutions for displaced communities in Sudan. 
In 2017, the Government of Sudan (GoS) and the international community agreed on the need to collectively support Durable Solutions for IDPs, returnees, and their host communities to end the situation of protracted displacement. The collaboration on Durable Solutions between the GoS and international community resulted in two Durable Solution pilots in respectively El Fasher (North Darfur) and Um Dukhun (Central Darfur). 
JIPS provided technical support for the scale-up of the durable solutions analysis across Darfur under the Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF). Focusing on nine localities, including urban areas, the data collection exercises build directly on the durable solutions analysis approach piloted in El Fasher in 2019. The Durable Solutions Working Group (DSWG) identified a joint evidence base and a collaborative approach as priorities and therefore undertook a joint area-based profiling exercise, focusing on the Abu Shouk and El Salaam IDP camps on the outskirts of El Fasher. 
The focus was set on profiling of IDPs (in camp settlements and out of camps), IDP returnees, refugee returnees, and non-displaced. The profiling exercises are aimed at: 
i.Informing CERF programming and Action Plan development in each state/locality; 
ii.Provide the baseline of the agreed upon CERF outcome/output indicators (for later measurement of impact); and 
iii.Inform broader UNHCR programming beyond the Fund.

Tags: food security, livelihoods, needs assessment, peacekeeping, protection, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Pakistan - End User Survey of Non-Food Items - 2023

Division of Emergency, Security, and Supply (DESS) set up a sustainable product development team to re-design the UNHCR relief items and their packaging to include recycled and renewable content to reduce the associated GHG emissions by 20% by 2025.
UNHCR uses Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) as a mechanism to collect refugees' feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of the assistance items they receive. The underlying principle behind the process is linked to accountability, as well as a commitment to improve the quality and relevance of support provided, and related services. To assess the re-design and collect feedback on the green core-relief items, the end-user survey or PDM was implemented in Quetta and Peshwar. 741 households were surveyed. Data was collected in April and May 2023.

Tags: disability, elderly, health, mental health, nutrition
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Hungary - Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) - 2023

The 2023 Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) in Hungary was carried out from June to August 2023 with Ukrainian refugees currently residing in Hungary. The assessment aimed to understand refugees’ needs and access to basic services, focusing on priority areas such as health, protection, food security, education, livelihoods, gender-based violence, mental health, cash assistance, and legal needs. Conducted by TARKI Social Research Institute and IOM, the MSNA used a structured questionnaire and surveyed both households living in collective sites and private accommodations, with stratification based on geographic area and accommodation type. The findings will be used to inform the 2024 Refugee Response Plan for Hungary, ensuring an evidence-based approach to addressing the urgent needs of refugees.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, education, food security, gender-based violence-gbv, health, livelihoods, mental health, needs assessment, protection
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Kyrgyzstan - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention 2023

UNHCR uses Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) as a mechanism to collect refugees’ feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of the assistance items they receive. The underlying principle behind the process is linked to accountability, as well as a commitment to improve the quality and relevance of support provided, and related services. UNHCR increasingly uses cash based interventions (CBIs) as a preferred modality for delivering assistance, offering greater dignity and choice to Persons of Concern (PoCs) in line with UNHCR’s core protection mandate. In order to ensure that the cash assistance provided meets the intended objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR conducts regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring with a sample of refugee recipients residing across the country.

The dataset consists of 22 records, indicating that it encompasses a relatively small sample size. Before using the dataset, it is essential for data users to be aware that the dataset's small size (22 records) may limit the generalizability of the findings. It is crucial to exercise caution when drawing broad conclusions or making policy recommendations based solely on this limited dataset.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, livelihoods, needs assessment, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency