The Long Road Home: Opportunities and Obstacles to the Reintegration of IDPs and Refugees Returning to Southern Sudan and the Three Areas - Report of Phase II

Author(s)
Pantuliano, S., Buchanan-Smith, M. and Murphy, P.
Publication language
English
Pages
96pp
Date published
01 Sep 2008
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Livelihoods, Forced displacement and migration, Response and recovery, Shelter and housing, Land issues, Urban
Countries
South Sudan
Organisations
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
The overall aim of the study is to delineate clear and feasible
strategies to facilitate successful reintegration, outline the
roles different actors (government, returnees, host
communities, donor governments and aid agencies) should
play and develop models applicable to other parts of the
country. The study also reviews recent trends in the policy
environment, with a focus on the role played by federal and
state governments in facilitating reintegration.
 
As with the phase I study, the methodology is based on the
‘Adapted Sustainable Livelihoods Framework to Support
Situations of Conflict and Political Instability’, developed by
HPG in 2003. The framework places people at the
centre of analysis, assessing the way in which institutions,
policies and processes affect their assets, immediate needs
and overall well-being. Special attention has been paid to the
relationship between returnee and resident populations in
determining constraints and opportunities for successful
reintegration.
 
Phase II has been carried out by the same three-strong core ODI
research team, in partnership with a colleague seconded from
the German Development Service (DED), who also participated
in phase I of the study. The study also benefited from the
secondment of a large number of Sudanese colleagues from
operational agencies based in the focus areas, who undertook
much of the background research ahead of the arrival of the ODI
research team. A two-day workshop in Juba in January 2008
introduced partners to the methodology and provided training
for the field research.