Malian Refugee Socio-Economic Assessment in Burkina Faso, 2016

April/May 2016 survey of 6,775 Malian refugee households in Burkina Faso. The assessment was conducted by UNHCR to evaluate vulnerability levels and identify opportunities for increasing resilience among refugees displaced by conflict in Mali's Gao, Kidal, and Timbuktu regions.

Use Cases

• Assessing household vulnerability levels based on quantitative survey data
• Identifying potential resilience-building opportunities among refugee populations
• Analyzing the socio-economic conditions of refugees displaced by conflict

Strengths

• Survey covers 6,775 households, providing a substantial sample size
• Data collection was conducted in a specific timeframe (April/May 2016)
• Survey focuses on a defined population (Malian refugees in Burkina Faso)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal/source bias inherent to HDX

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Quantitative survey

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:51:04.425774; freshness should be verified

Geography

Burkina Faso (Malian refugee population)