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.
Recent Resources
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Tags: 50 by 35, Publication Year: 2026, Tags: Refugee-Led, Tags: RLO TWG
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Tags: 50 by 35, Publication Year: 2026, Tags: Refugee-Led, Tags: RLO TWG
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Publication Year: 2026, Organizations: RefugePoint, Organizations: UNHCR, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Tags: Mental Health and Pyschosocial Wellbeing, Tags: Holistic Programming, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Social Inclusion, Theme: Programming, RSRI Publications
Publication Year: 2026, Organizations: RefugePoint, Organizations: UNHCR, Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Tags: Mental Health and Pyschosocial Wellbeing, Tags: Holistic Programming, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Social Inclusion, Theme: Programming, RSRI Publications
Publishing Organizations: RefugePoint, UNHCR, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Authors: Sonasha Braxton, Anna Nicol, and Simar Singh (RefugePoint); Awa Ahmed Haji Omar, Sofia Casas, and Peter Ventevogel (UNHCR); Alli Gillespie and Shelby Quackenbush (RSRI)
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Tags: 50 by 35, Publication Year: 2026
Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, RSRI Publications, Tags: 50 by 35, Publication Year: 2026
Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative
Resource Type: Academic, Organizations: New Political Economy, Country: Kenya, Region: Africa, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2020
Resource Type: Academic, Organizations: New Political Economy, Country: Kenya, Region: Africa, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2020
Publishing Organizations: New Political Economy
Authors: Ali Bhagat
Organizations: International Trade Forum, Organizations: International Trade Centre, Organizations: Brookings Institute, Resource Type: Academic, Country: Turkey, Region: Europe, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2020, Tags: Economic Inclusion
Organizations: International Trade Forum, Organizations: International Trade Centre, Organizations: Brookings Institute, Resource Type: Academic, Country: Turkey, Region: Europe, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2020, Tags: Economic Inclusion
Publishing Organizations: International Trade Forum; Brookings Institute
Authors: Kemal Kirişci
Organizations: National Library of Medicine, Organizations: Washington University in St. Louis, Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Measurement, Population: Refugees, Population: IDPs, Publication Year: 2021, Country: Kenya, Country: Mexico
Organizations: National Library of Medicine, Organizations: Washington University in St. Louis, Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Measurement, Population: Refugees, Population: IDPs, Publication Year: 2021, Country: Kenya, Country: Mexico
Publishing Organizations: National Library of Medicine; Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
Authors: Ilana Seff, Kellie Leeson, Lindsay Stark
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Measurement, Publication Year: 2022, Population: Refugees, Organizations: RefugePoint, Organizations: Women's Refugee Commission, Organizations: Forced Migration Review
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Measurement, Publication Year: 2022, Population: Refugees, Organizations: RefugePoint, Organizations: Women's Refugee Commission, Organizations: Forced Migration Review
Publishing Organizations: Forced Migration Review; RefugePoint; Women’s Refugee Commission
Authors: Kellie C Leeson, Amy Slaughter, and Dale Buscher
Organizations: Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Publication Year: 2025, Resource Type: Academic, Tags: Economic Inclusion, Tags: Capacity Building, Tags: Social Inclusion, Tags: Mental Health & Psychosocial Wellbeing, Theme: Impact, Population: Refugees, Tags: Urban, Region: East Africa
Organizations: Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Publication Year: 2025, Resource Type: Academic, Tags: Economic Inclusion, Tags: Capacity Building, Tags: Social Inclusion, Tags: Mental Health & Psychosocial Wellbeing, Theme: Impact, Population: Refugees, Tags: Urban, Region: East Africa
Publishing Organizations: Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Authors: Habiba Ibrahim; Jacinta Mutie; Mohamed Ibrahim; Anna Marie Ronning; Makayla Gille
Organizations: Cambridge University Press, Country: Uganda, Tags: Food Aid, Tags: Disability Inclusion, Theme: Policy, Resource Type: Academic, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2022, Organizations: International African Institute
Organizations: Cambridge University Press, Country: Uganda, Tags: Food Aid, Tags: Disability Inclusion, Theme: Policy, Resource Type: Academic, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2022, Organizations: International African Institute
Publishing Organizations: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International African Institute
Authors: Maria-Theres Schuler
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2025, Tags: Humanitarian-Development Nexus, Tags: Protection, Tags: Social Inclusion
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Policy, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2025, Tags: Humanitarian-Development Nexus, Tags: Protection, Tags: Social Inclusion
Publishing Organizations: The Journal of Refugee Studies
Authors: Judith Kohlenberger, Charles Martin-Shields, Evan Easton-Calabria
