Gaps in the measurement of internal displacements driven by weather-related disasters,

This report aims to analyze the accuracy of the data regarding start-date and end-date of the internal displacements recorded in the Global Internal Displacement Database, in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean between 2013 and 2015. Overall, 479 climate-related disaster situations were identified, of which 68.7% correspond to hydrological events. Colombia was the country that experienced the highest number of events (351). The number of displaced, however, shows a more heterogeneous distribution, with Bolivia at the top of the list (685 262 people), followed by Paraguay (43 005 people) and Brazil (322 126 displacements). A total of 2 164 402 internally displaced persons were registered between 2013. Regarding the displacement duration, only 45.9% of the data were accurate. Results led to conclude that the accuracy found from the information referring to the start date and end-date of the displacements has not been satisfactory due to the lack of data in almost 54% of the records for lac.