Millennium Development Indicators of Education, Employment and Gender Equality of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan Country report George Groenewold Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute Lange Houtstraat 19 2511 CV The Hague The Netherlands http://www.nidi.knaw.nl/nl Tel: +31 70 3565200 Fax: +31 70 3647187 E-mail:
[email protected] Preface This report is produced within the context of UNHCR project 05/AB/VAR/CM/203(a$ with the title Standards and Indicators Mainstreaming. The main objective of the project is to obtain estimates of Millennium Development Indicators and basic insight into vulnerability and coping behavior of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced persons in Armenia, Sri Lanka, Ecuador and Pakistan. The project is executed by the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) and been implemented by UNHCR country offices, local research institutions, statistical offices and NGO’s in Armenia, Sri Lanka, Ecuador and Pakistan. Data were collected by means of statistically representative sample surveys in Armenia, Sri Lanka and Ecuador (2006) and in Pakistan (2002). Data collection in the first three countries was geared towards deriving estimates of MDG indicators, while the UNHCR survey of Afghan refugees in Pakistan did not have such an explicit MDG focus. The data collection in Pakistan was geared towards the collection of basic socioeconomic and demographic information in support of programs dealing with the return of Afghan refugees. In the case of Pakistan, NiDi developed research and training instruments (questionnaire, guidelines for interviewers) for the survey and produced a first analytical report in 2002 (Exterkate 2002). Sample design and survey implementation was carried out by DataLine Services (PVT) LTD, a research and consultancy firm in Islamabad.