The way aid programmes frame ‘self-reliance’ may overlook or even exacerbate challenges facing urban refugees, especially those with precarious legal status. This briefing explores the issues and shares ideas and recommendations arising from 55 ‘key informant’ interviews with refugees, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees staff and their NGO partners in Delhi.
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Publication Year: 2025, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Organizations: Blumont, Organizations: Washington University in St. Louis, Organizations: Universidad de los Andes, Organizations: Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, Organizations: Ludwig Maximilian University, Resource Type: Programmatic, Country: Colombia, Theme: Programming, Population: Forcibly Displaced, RSRI Publications, Theme: Impact, Theme: Evaluation, Resource Type: Academic, Woo, Population: Women & Girls, Tags: Urban, Tags: Gender
Publication Year: 2025, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Organizations: Blumont, Organizations: Washington University in St. Louis, Organizations: Universidad de los Andes, Organizations: Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, Organizations: Ludwig Maximilian University, Resource Type: Programmatic, Country: Colombia, Theme: Programming, Population: Forcibly Displaced, RSRI Publications, Theme: Impact, Theme: Evaluation, Resource Type: Academic, Woo, Population: Women & Girls, Tags: Urban, Tags: Gender
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Washington University in St. Louis, Blumont, Universidad de los Andes, Ludwig Maximilian University, Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit
Author(s): Lindsay Stark, Juan Pablo Franco, Arturo Harker Roa, Neema Mosha, Deanna Barch, Ned Meerdink, Ilana Seff
Publication Year: 2025, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Organizations: Blumont, Organizations: Washington University in St. Louis, Organizations: Universidad de los Andes, Organizations: Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, Organizations: Ludwig Maximilian University, Resource Type: Programmatic, Country: Colombia, Theme: Programming, Population: Forcibly Displaced, RSRI Publications, Theme: Impact, Theme: Evaluation, Resource Type: Academic, Woo, Population: Women & Girls, Tags: Urban, Tags: Gender
Publication Year: 2022, Resource Type: Academic, Country: United Kingdom, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Organizations: University of Huddersfield, Tags: Durable Solutions
Publication Year: 2022, Resource Type: Academic, Country: United Kingdom, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Organizations: University of Huddersfield, Tags: Durable Solutions
Publishing Organizations: University of Huddersfield
Author(s): Philip Brown, Santokh Gill, Jamie P. Halsall
Publication Year: 2025, Resource Type: Academic, Country: Iraq, Country: Jordan, Country: Lebanon, Theme: Measurement, Population: Refugees, Organizations: University of Lisbon, Organizations: Lusófona University, Tags: Camps and Settlements, Tags: Protection, Tags: Humanitarian-Development Nexus
Publication Year: 2025, Resource Type: Academic, Country: Iraq, Country: Jordan, Country: Lebanon, Theme: Measurement, Population: Refugees, Organizations: University of Lisbon, Organizations: Lusófona University, Tags: Camps and Settlements, Tags: Protection, Tags: Humanitarian-Development Nexus
Publishing Organizations: University of Lisbon, Lusófona University
Author(s): Mai Wardeh, Rui Cunha Marques
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Global Refugee Forum, Publication Year: 2025
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Global Refugee Forum, Publication Year: 2025
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Author(s): Dr. Evan Easton-Calabria
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Organizations: Women's Refugee Commission, Organizations: Refugees International, Organizations: IIED, Resource Type: Policy, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2025, Tags: Urban, Tags: Social Inclusion
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Organizations: Women's Refugee Commission, Organizations: Refugees International, Organizations: IIED, Resource Type: Policy, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2025, Tags: Urban, Tags: Social Inclusion
Publishing Organizations: Women’s Refugee Commission, Refugees International, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Organizations: Women's Refugee Commission, Organizations: Refugees International, Organizations: IIED, Resource Type: Policy, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2025, Tags: Urban, Tags: Social Inclusion
Resource Type: Programmatic, Population: Refugees, Theme: Measurement, Theme: Evaluation, Self-Reliance Index, Region: East Africa, Organizations: Danish Refugee Council, Tags: Camps and Settlements, Publication Year: 2025
Resource Type: Programmatic, Population: Refugees, Theme: Measurement, Theme: Evaluation, Self-Reliance Index, Region: East Africa, Organizations: Danish Refugee Council, Tags: Camps and Settlements, Publication Year: 2025
Publishing Organizations: Danish Refugee Council
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Organizations: RefugePoint, Organizations: Danish Refugee Council
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Organizations: RefugePoint, Organizations: Danish Refugee Council
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Author(s): Alli Gillespie
Publication Year: 2025, Tags: Livelihoods, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Evaluation, Country: Sudan, Region: East Africa, Population: Returnees, Organizations: CORE
Publication Year: 2025, Tags: Livelihoods, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Evaluation, Country: Sudan, Region: East Africa, Population: Returnees, Organizations: CORE
Publishing Organizations: CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort), VCO (Vet-Care Organization)
Author(s): Gersan Vasquez, Mohammed Elmurtada, and Tenzin Manell
Resource Type: Academic, Country: Jordan, Region: EMR, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2022, Organizations: UNHCR, Organizations: MDPI, Tags: Economic Inclusion
Resource Type: Academic, Country: Jordan, Region: EMR, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2022, Organizations: UNHCR, Organizations: MDPI, Tags: Economic Inclusion
Publishing Organizations: UNHCR
Author(s): Swati M. Dhawan, Kim Wilson, and Hans-Martin Zademach
Publication Year: 2025, Tags: Economic Inclusion, Tags: Livelihoods, Resource Type: Policy, Theme: Programming, Organizations: Na'amal, Organizations: Jobtech Alliance
Publication Year: 2025, Tags: Economic Inclusion, Tags: Livelihoods, Resource Type: Policy, Theme: Programming, Organizations: Na'amal, Organizations: Jobtech Alliance
Publishing Organizations: Na'amal, Jobtech Alliance
Author(s): Dr Shuting Xia, Lorraine Charles
