"Africa’s Great Lakes Region (GLR) faces some of the world’s most complex and protracted forced displacement situations, driven by recurrent conflict and political instability. Refugees, internally displaced persons, returnees, and host communities coexist amid repeated cycles of displacement and return, placing sustained pressure on national systems and local service delivery. As displacement becomes increasingly protracted and humanitarian financing declines, there is growing urgency to identify development-oriented responses that can deliver predictable, scalable, and sustainable support.
Social Protection Systems for Forcibly Displaced Populations and Host Communities in Africa’s Great Lakes Region examines the role of national social protection systems as a core development response to forced displacement in the GLR, focusing on Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. It assesses how social protection systems currently support forcibly displaced populations and host communities, u
