UNHCR: COMMUNITY-BASED ASSESSMENT OF REINTEGRATION AND ABSORPTION CAPACITY OF SOUTH SUDAN
May 2025
This community-based assessment examines the integration status of displaced and returned households living in South Sudan, and evaluates the area’s capacity to welcome additional returnees. It is one of four regional briefs in this series, of which the objectives are to evaluate the current degree of integration of displaced persons in the area, assess infrastructure and service quality and capacity to accommodate more people, and inform area-based planning by government actors, UNHCR and partners
The assessment employed a mixed-methods approach:
1. Household surveys
2. Infrastructure assessments
3. Focus groups, case studies & key informant interviews
Analytical approaches employed include the Reintegration Sustainability Survey (RSS), which quantifies integration levels in different dimensions via composite scoring. Infrastructure was evaluated against defined minimum standards to confirm basic functionality and quality benchmarks, while absorption capacity calculations assessed the extent to which existing services could accommodate additional demand.
The project focused on the following regions in South Sudan:
