The purpose of the Graduation and Refugee Standards, referred to herein as “Standards,” is to provide readers with guidance around how to design, adapt, and implement the Graduation Approach (GA) for refugees and host communities affected by displacement. This is not a “how to” for implementing Graduation in refugee contexts. Instead, its intent is to provide guidance for achieving efficiency and quality outputs in a standardized way. The authors recognize that each context is different, and local conditions may make it challenging, or even impossible, to meet all of the Standards. Therefore, this document provides readers with an understanding of the expectations that implementers should be working towards in applying this guide and others meant to support the implementation of the Graduation Approach for refugees.