Evaluating the Effectiveness of Humanitarian Engagement and Programming in Promoting Local Integration of Refugees in Zambia, Tanzania, and Cameroon
A two-person team funded by PRM traveled to Zambia from February 1-24, 2014 to conduct a field evaluation of local integration of former Angolan refugees. The team interviewed over 200 former Angolan refugees, including a mix of men and women, all age groups, those who live in the government settlements and those who have self-settled, as well as those from the first wave of refugees (starting in 1966) and the second wave (starting in the late 1990s and those that arrived from 2000 to 2002). The team also interviewed Zambians in the host communities, traditional leaders, and officials from the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ), the Government of the Republic of Angolan (GRA), partner governments, UNHCR, UNICEF, IOM, and the World Bank.
The full study, consisting of the desk study and three field visits, focuses on three key questions:
- To what extent has the programming and engagement of PRM and UNHCR promoted local integration?
- What programmatic and diplomatic interventions, as identified by PRM and UNHCR, were most and least successful?
- What should PRM and its partners be doing to support the self-reliance of refugee populations for whom voluntary return and resettlement are not feasible.
