Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment for Rohingya Refugees in Cox's Bazar, August 2020

UNHCR conducted a Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment across Rohingya refugee communities in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in August 2020. The assessment aims to provide a household-level evidence base for the 2021 Joint Response Plan and analyze changes in needs, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers an estimated refugee population of more than 860,000.

Use Cases

• Informing humanitarian planning based on household-level multi-sectoral needs evidence.
• Analyzing changes in refugee needs over time, with emphasis on the COVID-19 pandemic impact.
• Supporting joint multi-stakeholder analysis processes for strategic donor coordination.

Strengths

• Assessment conducted by UNHCR, a major authoritative organization in refugee response.
• Focuses on a specific, large population of more than 860,000 Rohingya refugees.
• Explicitly aims to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on multi-sectoral needs.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single snapshot in August 2020; temporal trends require comparison with other assessments.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (J-MSNA) conducted across refugee communities.

Time Range

August 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:43:24.375490; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Rohingya refugee communities