Socio-Economic Assessment of Malian Refugees [Burkina Faso]

As a consequence of the armed conflict in the Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu regions of Mali, an estimated 32,000 Malian refugees have settled in Burkina Faso. Since 2012, UNHCR has been providing protection and assistance to these Malian refugees through multisectoral interventions. In order to assess the levels of vulnerability among these refugees and to identify potential opportunities for increasing their resilience, a quantitative survey was conducted among 6,775 Malian refugee households during April/May 2016.

The scope of the quantitative data of this socio-economic assessment includes:
- Identification of the household
- Demographic and economic characteristics of household members
- Housing characteristics and access to basic services
- Child protection and education - Food and other assistance
- Agricultural production
- Sources of income
- Asset ownership
- Food consumption
- Household expenditure
- Debt
- Shocks and "socio-economic violence"
- Social cohesion and participation
- Intentions of return