Promoting and measuring self-reliance is a key component of sustainable livelihood promotion, especially in urban settings. Self-reliance is defined as the social and economic ability of an individual, a household, or a community to meet its needs in a sustainable manner. This learning brief examines the insights from the RE:BUiLD Program interventions implemented to support refugees and vulnerable host communities towards achieving self-reliance. The brief also provides highlights on how Re:BUiLD has been able to apply the self-reliance index (SRI) as a tool for measuring self-reliance.
Recent Resources
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
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
Resource Type: Policy, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2011, Organizations: UNHCR, Tags: Urban, Tags: Health, Tags: Protection, Tags: Humanitarian-Development Nexus
Resource Type: Policy, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, Publication Year: 2011, Organizations: UNHCR, Tags: Urban, Tags: Health, Tags: Protection, Tags: Humanitarian-Development Nexus
Publishing Organizations: UNHCR
Resource Type: Policy, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, publication year: 2023, Organization: WHO, Tags: Health, Tags: Mental Health & Psychosocial Wellbeing
Resource Type: Policy, Resource Type: Programmatic, Theme: Policy, Theme: Programming, Population: Refugees, publication year: 2023, Organization: WHO, Tags: Health, Tags: Mental Health & Psychosocial Wellbeing
Publishing Organizations: WHO
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Programming, Publication Year: 2025, Country: United States, Tags: Education, Organizations: Prevention Science
Resource Type: Academic, Theme: Programming, Publication Year: 2025, Country: United States, Tags: Education, Organizations: Prevention Science
Publishing Organizations: Prevention Science
Authors: Elly Miles; Erin Doyle; Soumita Bose; Hamutal Bernstein
