At a Glance

Funder:

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

Project Time Frame:

2010-2011

Social Protection: Evaluation of Counter-Trafficking Efforts

Human trafficking victims are subjected to force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor. Mathematica’s growing capacity in the area of social protection includes a study for the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation of its International Organization for Migration's (IOM) efforts to combat human trafficking. We designed and are implementing a study of IOM’s four-pronged strategy to counter human trafficking. The study team is examining information and prevention campaigns; research on human trafficking; capacity and network building to prevent trafficking; and direct assistance projects for people who have experienced trafficking, including protection and return and reintegration programs.

The study includes field visits and case studies of counter-trafficking initiatives in Bangladesh, the Kyrgyz Republic, Macedonia, Nigeria, Norway, and South Africa; a survey of IOM, partner international agencies and organizations, and local NGO partner organization staff; document review, and data analysis of case management files for persons who have been victims of trafficking. The study is assessing the outcomes of IOM’s counter-trafficking activities; identifying how lessons learned from previous counter-trafficking projects have been used in project planning; and providing recommendations for future policymaking and donor-funded activities against human trafficking.