This document outlines a set of principles to ensure that self-reliance programming reaches all members of a refugee household, including women, adolescents and youth, older persons, persons living with disabilities, and LGBTQ individuals.
From Displacement to Development: How Peru Can Transform Venezuelan Displacement into Shared Growth
Publishing Organizations: Center for Global Development, Refugees International
Authors: Jimmy Graham, and Martha Guerrero Ble
How To Circumvent Adversity? Refugee-Entrepreneurs’ Resilience in the Face of Substantial and Persistent Adversity
Publishing Organizations: Journal of Business Venturing
Authors: Dean A. Shepherd, Fouad Philippe Saade, Joakim Wincent
"In My Own Hands": A Medium-Term Approach towards Self-Reliance and Resilience of Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Jordan
Publishing Organizations: Durable Solutions Platform, Program on Forced Migration and Health: Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Authors: Ling San Lau, Goleen Samari, Sarah Guyer, Yusur Al-Salman, Monette Zard
The IKEA Foundation Livelihoods and Energy Projects Among Somali Refugees and Hosts in Melkadida (Ethiopia): Phase 3 Baseline Report
The Effect of COVID-19 on the Economic Inclusion of Venezuelans in Colombia
Publishing Organizations: Center for Global Development, Refugees International
Authors: Jimmy Graham, and Martha Guerrero Ble
Building Refugee Economies: An evaluation of the IKEA Foundation's programmes in Dollo Ado
Publishing Organizations: Oxford Refugee Studies Centre, Refugee Economies Program
Authors: Alexander Betts, Andonis Marden, Raphael Bradenbrink, Jonas Kaufmann
Self-Reliance Index Version 1.0 Soft Launch Learning Review
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.
Measuring the Self-Reliance of Refugees
Publishing Organizations: Journal of Refugee Studies
Authors: Kellie Leeson, Prem B Bhandari, Anna Myers, Dale Buscher
Fostering Refugee Self-reliance: A Case Study of an Agency's Approach in Nairobi
Journal of Refugee Studies Special Issue: Rethinking Refugee Self-Reliance
How the EU and Turkey can promote self-reliance for Syrian refugees through agricultural trade
Publishing Organizations: The Brookings Institution, Tent Partnership for Refugees
Authors: Kemal Kirişci
Self-reliance as a Concept and a Spatial Practice for Urban Refugees: Reflections from Delhi, India
Publishing Organizations: Journal of Refugee Studies
Authors: Jessica Field, Anubhav Dutt Tiwari, and Yamini Mookherjee
Unity and Inclusion: Refugees and the Jordanian Host Community
Publishing Organizations: MENA Civil Society Network for Displacement, WANA Institute
Authors: Kareem Rosshandler
Building Livelihoods: A Field Manual for Practioners in Humanitarian Settings
Session Report: Are refugees’ lives improving? – facilitating and measuring self-reliance and economic inclusion
Assessing the Jordan Compact One Year On: An Opportunity or a Barrier to Better Achieving Refugees’ Right to Work
Warriors of Self-reliance: The Instrumentalization of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan
Refugees as Actors? Critical Reflections on Global Refugee Policies on Self-reliance and Resilience
Self-reliance and Social Networks: Explaining Refugees’ Reluctance to Relocate from Kakuma to Kalobeyei
Publishing Organizations: Journal of Refugee Studies
Authors: Alexander Betts, Naohiko Omata, and Olivier Sterck
