Publication Year: 2022

Better Lives Now: Self-Reliance Innovation Labs Learning Briefer

Better Lives Now: Self-Reliance Innovation Labs Learning Briefer

The Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative and the United States Department of State, Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration co-convened an innovation lab focused on refugee self-reliance. The lab included thematic discussions on: (i) Measuring the Impacts of Self-reliance: Data, Evidence, and Research; (ii) Supporting Programming and Practices to Advance Refugee Self-Reliance; and (iii) Fostering Policies to Promote an Enabling Environment in which Refugees and Host Communities Can Thrive. Each discussion convened representatives from academia, foundations, NGOs, research organizations, refugee-led organizations, multilateral institutions, governments (host countries and donors), and the private sector to produce recommendations informing pledging around self-reliance at the 2023 Global Refugee Forum.

Psychological factors explaining Ukrainian refugee entrepreneurs’ venture idea novelty

Publishing Organizations: Journal of Business Venturing Insights

Authors: Kim Klyver, Paul Stefferns, Benson Honig

Integration Outcomes for Forcibly Displaced Persons

Publishing Organizations: Refugee Congress, Refugee Council USA, Ethiopian Community Development Council

Authors: Taif Jany, Nili Sarit Yossinger, Emily Wood, Tessa Coggio, and Jessica Chapman

10 Best Practices for Engaging with Refugee Leaders: A Guide for Centering Displaced People in Policy Advocacy

Publishing Organizations: Refugee Advocacy Lab

Authors:

Do Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) Support Self-Reliance among Urban Refugees? Evidence from Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia

Do Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) Support Self-Reliance among Urban Refugees? Evidence from Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia

Publishing Organizations: International Migration Review

Authors: Charles Martin-Shields and Katrina Munir-Asen

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.

‘I Talk to Myself’: Exploring the Mental and Emotional Health Experiences of Muslim Rohingya Refugee Adolescents

‘I Talk to Myself’: Exploring the Mental and Emotional Health Experiences of Muslim Rohingya Refugee Adolescents

Publishing Organizations: Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Author(s): Ifrah Mahamud Magan, Elizabeth Sanchez, and Michelle R. Munson

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.