COVID-19 Socioeconomic Impact on Central African Refugees in Cameroon (May 2020)

May 2020 data from a rapid assessment by UNHCR and WFP on the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on Central African refugees in eastern Cameroon. The assessment aimed to understand impacts on household livelihoods and resilience capacity, interviewing 275 people by phone. The data likely contains information on economic activities, affected sectors, and proposed response plans.

Use Cases

• Modeling refugee household resilience capacity based on socioeconomic indicators mentioned in the description
• Identifying economic sectors most impacted by pandemic shocks based on the assessment's focus
• Informing humanitarian response planning based on the proposed response plan data

Strengths

• Data collected from 275 interviews for the assessment
• Assessment conducted by UNHCR in partnership with WFP, suggesting institutional oversight

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 and temporal bias inherent to a single rapid assessment in May 2020

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Rapid assessment via 275 phone interviews

Time Range

May 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:35:39.425428; freshness should be verified

Geography

Eastern Cameroon, focusing on Central African refugees