Report of the World Commission on Forced Displacement

Report of the World Commission on Forced Displacement World Commission on Forced Displacement – Report At a Glance That tens of millions of faultless people are forced to flee from homes and communities for safety or survival – with millions more poised to do the same – is a tragedy. [...] The World Commission on Forced Displacement, supported by an interna- tional Steering Committee, assessed the context and consequences of the likely underestimated, but official 68.5 million and growing numbers of forcibly dis- placed. [...] The Commission calls for a ‘Merchant Bank’ to establish commercial conditions, strategically channeling limited public (and potentially, philanthrop- ic) capital to increased proactive project identification and development and to arrange and fund techniques to resolve impediments and de-risk investment projects, sectors and/or environments, in reasonable ways and fair risk/reward terms, to establ. [...] The absence of adequate results in the cases addressed here is NOT due to insufficiency of capital, but of deficient instruments to deal with the impediments. [...] Inclusion - Initiatives by both hosts and the displaced are called for to take re- sponsibility for the ultimate goal of social and economic inclusion in communities.