Around the world, humanitarian responses to protracted displacement are being recognised as inadequate. Policy interest is shifting from short-term humanitarianism to more sustainable, locally-based practices. Our project, Protracted Displacement Economies, spanning five countries,1 investigates the move from a traditional humanitarian model towards more diverse approaches. Our focus is not just on displaced people themselves, but a whole ‘displacement-affected community’. Our findings suggest that mutual aid and community support are important, but often overlooked. Informal groups and intermediaries, including monks and Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs), are coming to the fore. Gender matters, but in unforeseen ways, including women as breadwinners, entrepreneurs and volunteers.
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