Better Lives Now: Self-Reliance Innovation Lab Learning Briefer
This learning briefer covers the outcomes from a series of Innovation Labs co-convened by RSRI and PRM to produce recommendations informing pledging around self-reliance at the 2023 Global Refugee Forum.
Self-Reliance Index Version 2.0 Cycle 2 Learning Review
This report describes what was learned about the SRI as the tool was rolled out between May 2020 and December 2021, including findings related to tool validity, scoring, reliability, training and integration of the tool.
Better Lives Now: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding and Measuring Refugee Self-Reliance
This paper explores the challenges of measuring refugee self-reliance along with the literature and conceptual framework of self-reliance that underpins the development of the Self-Reliance Index.
Critical criteria for successful designing of refugee self-reliance programming
This paper outlines and amplifies key standards and criteria to consider when embarking on self-reliance programming.
Principles of Good Practice for Self-Reliance Programming
This document outlines a set of principles to ensure that self-reliance programming reaches all members of a refugee household, including women, adolescents and youth, older persons, persons living with disabilities, and LGBTQ individuals.
Self-Reliance Index Version 1.0 Soft Launch Learning Review
This April 2020 report outlines learning from the “soft-launch” phase of the Self-Reliance Index development. Learning from this phase focused on the tool's reliability, validity, and usability. This included pilot testing in Ecuador, Jordan, Kenya and Mexico.
RSRI Learning Agenda
This learning agenda from June 2019 outlines the “core questions” the Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative is seeking to answer around developing the most effective self-reliance programming for refugees.
Refugee Self-Reliance: Are We Headed There and How Do We Know?
In April 2019, two of the partners working on the Self-Reliance Index (SRI), Kellie Leeson and Ilana Seff, wrote this reflection on the creation of the SRI alongside the development of the Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative.
Ten Challenges to Build Better Lives Now
In this September 2018 report, members of the RSRI are challenging themselves – and other policymakers, practitioners and private citizens, including representatives of governments, multilateral organizations, funders, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, research and academic institutions, and civil society – to take the following 10 practical steps towards making self-reliance opportunities a reality for refugees.
The Case for Measuring Refugee Self-Reliance
In October 2017, RSRI leader Amy Slaughter published this article (page 6), The Case for Measuring Refugee Self-Reliance, in Evaluation Connections from the European Evaluation Society.
How do we measure refugee self-reliance?
This October 2017 Brief from the Refugee Studies Center, Refugee Self-Reliance: Moving Beyond the Marketplace, features an article (page 5) written by RSRI leaders Amy Slaughter and Kellie Leeson, entitled: How do we measure refugee self-reliance?
Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative Overview
This two-page document from 2017 provides a brief overview of the Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative (RSRI), a summary of the global refugee crisis, the goals of the RSRI, and the coalition members.
