Drawing on our case study of Addis Ababa, where refugee-run businesses are tightly integrated into the city’s wider economy, we explore the obstacles that can limit refugees’ economic contribution and recommend policies to overcome them. As a first step, humanitarian agencies should encourage host governments to grant urban refugees the right to work so host cities can share the benefits of their innovation, creativity and international links.
Recent Resources
RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Tags: Climate Change, Publication Year: 2024, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Population: Refugees, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Forcibly Displaced
RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Tags: Climate Change, Publication Year: 2024, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Population: Refugees, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Forcibly Displaced
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Author(s): Climate Risks and Self-Reliance Technical Working Group (TWG)
Publication Year: 2024, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Organizations: IIED
Publication Year: 2024, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Organizations: IIED
Publishing Organizations: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Author(s): Boel McAteer and Kellie Leeson
Publication Year: 2024, Resource Type: Programmatic, Population: Refugees, Theme: Measurement, Theme: Evaluation, Organizations: Re:Build, Self-Reliance Index, Region: East Africa
Publication Year: 2024, Resource Type: Programmatic, Population: Refugees, Theme: Measurement, Theme: Evaluation, Organizations: Re:Build, Self-Reliance Index, Region: East Africa
Publishing Organizations: International Rescue Committee (IRC) RE:BUiLD Program
Author(s): Author: Everlyn Kaumba with contributions from Priscilla Dembetembe, Belinda Muya, Elizabeth Mukami, Victor Otsimi, David Musiime, and Ned Meerdink
RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Publication Year: 2024, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: MSD, Population: Forcibly Displaced, Population: Host Communities
RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Publication Year: 2024, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: MSD, Population: Forcibly Displaced, Population: Host Communities
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Author(s): Sasha Muench
RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Publication Year: 2024, Population: Refugees, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Organizations: RefugePoint, Organizations: RELON Uganda, Organizations: R-SEAT, Tags: Refugee-Led, Region: East Africa, Country: Uganda
RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Publication Year: 2024, Population: Refugees, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Organizations: RefugePoint, Organizations: RELON Uganda, Organizations: R-SEAT, Tags: Refugee-Led, Region: East Africa, Country: Uganda
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RefugePoint, RELON Uganda, and R-SEAT
Publication Year: 2024, Resource Type: Programmatic, Organizations: Cohere, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Tags: Refugee-Led
Publication Year: 2024, Resource Type: Programmatic, Organizations: Cohere, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Tags: Refugee-Led
Publishing Organizations: Cohere
Author(s): Diana Essex-Lettieri; Julia Zahreddine
RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Tags: Climate Change, Publication Year: 2024, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Population: Refugees, Resource Type: Academic, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming
RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Tags: Climate Change, Publication Year: 2024, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Population: Refugees, Resource Type: Academic, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Author(s): Dr. Evan Easton-Calabria
RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Resource Type: Policy, Tags: Refugee-Led, Publication Year: 2024
RSRI Publications, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Resource Type: Policy, Tags: Refugee-Led, Publication Year: 2024
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Authors: Refugee Self-Reliance Market Systems Development Working Group
RSRI Publications, Organizations: RefugePoint, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Publication Year: 2023, Tags: Refugee-Led, Country: Kenya, Theme: Policy, Resource Type: Programmatic
RSRI Publications, Organizations: RefugePoint, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Publication Year: 2023, Tags: Refugee-Led, Country: Kenya, Theme: Policy, Resource Type: Programmatic
Publishing Organizations: RefugePoint and the Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative in partnership with refugee-led organizations operating in Nairobi, Kenya
Publication Year: 2023, Organizations: GIZ, Tags: Social Inclusion, Resource Type: Programmatic, Country: Germany, Region: Europe, Theme: Evaluation, Theme: Programming
Publication Year: 2023, Organizations: GIZ, Tags: Social Inclusion, Resource Type: Programmatic, Country: Germany, Region: Europe, Theme: Evaluation, Theme: Programming
Publishing Organizations: GIZ, WINS Global Consult
