Being resilient in the context of forced migration: the labour market integration of IDPs in Burkina Faso

Tebkieta Alexandra Tapsoba, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population

Using a High-Frequency Phone Survey conducted by the World Bank and the National Institute of Statistics and Demography, this paper assesses the labour market integration of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Burkina Faso. Logistic regression results show that women who are household heads, IDPs who were forced to move several times before arriving in the current host community and those living in camps are less likely to be employed. Social cohesion and the ability of IDPs to project themselves in the host community have a positive and significant effect on their probability of being employed. These results highlight the importance for policymakers to consider the specific challenges that affect the labour integration of IDPs, including demographic features of IDPs, factors of displacement, and local conditions in origin and host communities.