To respond to a growing policy need for a common approach to promoting the socioeconomic inclusion of migrants and refugees that recognizes their contribution
to development, UNCTAD, UNHCR and IOM have brought together their technical expertise and
practical knowledge and collaboratively developed this Policy Guide on Entrepreneurship for
Migrants and Refugees. The guide builds upon a thorough analysis and review of insights from 35
in-depth case studies and over 100 other initiatives, offering novel insights for the global discussion

powerpoint slides providing an overview of the RHISN component that is aimed at refugee and host integration in the context of the Government of Ethiopia's Urban Productive Safety Net project. The pilot Graduation Model, developed in 2015 in the city of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas
(192 km from the capital, Quito), benefited 200 Ecuadorian and Colombian refugee families. With
the experience and lessons learned from it, in March 2016, UNHCR Ecuador has started to
implement the Graduation Model at the national level, which intends to reach 1.500 families (an

The paper reviews 59 empirical studies that estimated the economic impact of forced displacement on host communities. A review of the empirical models used by these studies and a meta-analysis of 972 separate results collected from these studies are the main contributions of the paper. Coverage extends to 19 major forced displacement crises that occurred between 1922 and 2018, to host countries at different levels of economic development and different types of forced migrants. Results refer to outcomes related to employment, wages, prices and household well-being.

Blog post on how better to support jobs in FCV contexts. Cash grants have been proven to work while labor intensive public works mau notbe a long-term solution. Skills traning and finance may not work in an FCV context, and market demands needs to be better assessed. Lastly psycho social support needs more testing at scale.

This Jobs Solutions Note identifies practical solutions for development practitioners and policymakers to design and implement policies and programs that improve jobs outcomes for in FCV contexts. Based on curated knowledge and evidence for a specific topic and relevant to jobs, the Jobs Solutions Notes are not intended to be exhaustive; they provide key lessons, solutions and approaches synthesized from the experiences of the World Bank Group and partners.

Over the last two decades, conflicts and crises have increasingly threatened global peace and stability, as well as sustainable development. Violent conflict has become more transnational and protracted, impacting both low- and middle-income countries. The world continues to face the largest forced displacement crisis ever recorded, with 79.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. Furthermore, climate change is a threat multiplier that can intensify fragility and conflict.

This report investigates what money and financial transactions can reveal about the journeys and experiences of forced migration. The research on the financial journey of refugees examines money as a key node of the displacement experience and highlights the transactions and the power dynamics that unfold among refugees as well as between refugees and formal or informal authorities.

Investing in the economic empowerment of women affected by conflict can help the international community to achieve three universal goals: 1. Sustainable progress for women’s rights. 2. Peace building and prevention of conflict. 3. Sustainable development and ending extreme poverty. Since 1993, Women for Women International
has served more than 479,000 marginalised
women affected by conflict. Through our yearlong programme marginalised women are
supported to: earn and save money; influence
decisions; improve their well-being; and connect

The Syrian refugee crisis has galvanized attention to one of the world’s foremost challenges: forced displacement.

This case study examines the process of socio-economic integration of urban IDPs in Maiduguri in northern Nigeria and considers the opportunities and challenges they encounter in securing employment. The research finds that urban IDPs in Maiduguri engage in a range of economic activities, but opportunities are not equally distributed between men and women.

While the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Convention) provides for a refugee’s right to work, most countries are reluctant to give refugees access to the labor market and impose restrictions on legal entitlements to work. Restrictive approaches are common in countries with limited labor market capacity, weaker economies, and less resilience to economic shocks.

Women for Women International, in partnership with the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security and GAPS, commissioned a research report to examine women’s economic wellbeing and empowerment in the context of conflict-related displacement, focusing on livelihood needs and opportunities. The report provides insights into how displacement has affected the position of women in the economic life of the family and community. The key contribution of this report is that it reflects the voices of displaced women in the KRI.

How the Graduating to Resilience Activity responded to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Uganda, highlighting the methodology used to engage with participants and how the pandemic impacted them in various areas, from the amount of food they were able to store to the negative effects of the temporary closure of their businesses.

Refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) often struggle to integrate the labor market. Even where they have the unrestricted right to work their labor market outcomes lack behind those of other groups, at least in the short- to medium-term. This literature review brings together two strands of research to inform the design of successful job interventions in this context: the evidence on how forced displacement impacts those forcibly displaced in their economic lives and the existing knowledge on jobs interventions for refugees and IDPs.

This report provides an overview of the work of the Refugee Economies Programme during the last five years. Its aim is to offer accessible summaries of the Programme’s publications and other activities. It highlights the ways in which the Programme has collaborated with other organisations in order to ensure its research has impact.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the lives and livelihoods of women globally. Women affected by crisis and displacement have been hit by a ‘triple disadvantage’ of Covid-19, displacement and gender discrimination. Our findings from research in Jordan, Greece and Nigeria show clear gender differences in the ability to earn an income, be employed in salaried formal work and take on responsibility for unpaid care work throughout the pandemic, with women hit hardest.

The WBG blog unpacks the differential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugeesm and their economic recovery in Uganda compared to the host population

Today, addressing food insecurity increasingly means addressing conflict and violence. Hunger is on the rise for the first time in decades, with conflict as a key driver, and conflict is on the rise too. Resilience and food security investments are increasingly focused on conflict-affected countries, from protracted crises in places such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria, to the outbreak of new conflicts in places such as Ethiopia and Mozambique, to gang violence in Guatemala or Honduras. USAID has developed a policy brief to frame USAID work in this important space.

Savings Groups can overcome some of the barriers to expand access to finance for refugees. They do not require legal identification, collateral, or investments in infrastructure. They can be integrated with formal financial services and digital payment systems – but can operate independently as well. And they appeal to refugees as many are already familiar with informal savings and lending.

In 2016, the Kalobeyei refugee settlement was created, just 3.5 kilometres from
the Kakuma camps in Kenya. In a departure from Kenya’s policy of not
allowing refugees to work, its aim was to provide self-reliance to refugees and
greater refugee–host interaction. But are refugee policies and programmes in
Kalobeyei really different from those in Kakuma? If so, what are the differences? And do these differences actually translate into different self-reliance
outcomes for refugees? Drawing upon a mixed-methods approach, we compare