Democratic Republic of the Congo - Socio-Economic Survey in Grand Kasai, 2022 - 2023

The World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center (JDC) provided his support for a household survey in the Great Kasai area in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) conducted by the UNHCR Sub Office Kananga in collaboration with the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The main objective of the survey was to generate high-quality socioeconomic data to inform decision making and programming of humanitarian and development interventions and policy including UNHCR DRC’s core programing and multi-year strategy implementation as well as UNHCR Angola’s planning of voluntary repatriation. A wide range of stakeholders were consulted and involved from the design stage of the survey tools, including (but not limited to) the World Bank, UNDP, UNICEF, IOM, WFP, FAO, UNFPA, the National Institute of Statistics (INS), the Provincial Ministries of planning, the Protection, Shelter and Health Clusters members and CRIs actors the Grand-Kasai-level.

The data covers the following areas: land ownership, documentation, agro-pastoral activities, conflicts, employment and sources of income, household assets, consumption, savings, and credit, right to housing and habitat, access to basic social services and information, peace, security and peaceful cohabitation, physical and mental health, food insecurity, inclusion, and access to legal resources of the people for whom and with whom UNHCR works.