Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative; BMJ Global Health

Authors: Lindsay Stark, Kari Jorgenson Diener, Kellie Leeson, Simar Singh, Ned Meerdink, & Ilana Seff

Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative; HIAS; BMC Conflict & Health

Authors: Lindsay Stark, Arturo Harker Roa, Diany Castellar, Adriana Monar, Marcela Venegas, Kellie Leeson, Feven Gebrekidan, Ned Meerdink, & Ilana Seff

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

Publishing Organizations: Danish Refugee Council

Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative; HIAS; SSM - Mental Health

Author(s): Dr. Ilana Seff, Arturo Harker Roa, Raymond Atwebembere, Jennie Cottle, Ned Meerdink, Adriana Monar, Diany Castellar, Dr. Lindsay Stark

Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative

Author(s): Dr. Ilana Seff, Dr. Lindsay Stark, Kari Diener, Kellie Leeson, Ned Meerdink, Alli Gillespie

Publishing Organizations: International Rescue Committee (IRC) RE:BUiLD Program

Author(s): Author: Everlyn Kaumba with contributions from Priscilla Dembetembe, Belinda Muya, Elizabeth Mukami, Victor Otsimi, David Musiime, and Ned Meerdink

Publishing Organizations: Uganda Learning Evidence Accountability and Research Network

Publishing Organizations: Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative

Authors(s): Alli Gillespie, Dr. Ilana Seff, Dr. Lindsay Stark

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.

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.

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.

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.