Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Opportunity:

Online course: Entrepreneurship for Migrants and Refugees: Strengthening the Humanitarian-Development Nexus through Capacity Building, 2 March-13 April 2020 [info]
- Register by 2 March 2020. More info. available via UNITAR.

Blog posts & press:

"Germany: Half of Refugees Find Jobs within Five Years," DW, 4 Feb. 2020 [text]

*The Share of Immigrant Workers in High-skill Jobs is Rising in the U.S. (FactTank, Feb. 2020) [text]

"Will Trump's 'Public Charge' Rule Destroy the Economy?," Forbes, 28 Jan. 2020 [text via LexisNexis]
- See also related PBS News Hour story.

Reports & journal articles:

Access to Formal Employment and Mobility: Colombian and Venezuelan Forced Migrants in Ecuador, RLI Working Paper, no. 42 (Refugee Law Initiative, Feb. 2020) [text]

"Egyptian Workers in Jordan Hopeful Despite Syrian Influx," Cairo Review of Global Affairs, 4 Feb. 2020 [text]

How the EU and Turkey Can Promote Self-reliance for Syrian Refugees through Agricultural Trade (Brookings, Feb. 2020) [text]
- See also related blog post.

The Impact of Administration Policies on Immigration Levels and Labor Force Growth (National Foundation for American Policy, Feb. 2020) [text]
- "[The National Foundation for American Policy] projects in the long term that the average annual U.S. labor force growth, a key component of economic growth, will be between 35% and 59% lower in America as a result of Trump administration immigration policies, if the policies remain in place." See also related Washington Post comment.

Measuring the Costs of Internal Displacement on IDPs and Hosts: Case Studies in Eswanti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Jan. 2020) [text]

The Migrant Union: Digital Livelihoods for People on the Move (UN Development Programme, Dec. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Participation au Marché du Travail des Réfugiés et Demandeurs d’Asile à Bruxelles: Innovation et Complémentarité Institutionnelle," Brussels Studies, art. no. 135 (May 2019) [open access]

"Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurship in Turkey: Integration and the Use of Immigrant Capital in the Informal Economy," Social Inclusion, vol. 7, no. 4 (2019) [open access]

Multimedia:

Employment Services for Refugees: Leveraging Mainstream U.S. Systems and Funding, Washington, DC, 23 Jan. 2020 [info]
- Follow link for webinar recording.

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Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (25 Jan. 2020)
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (25 Jan. 2020)

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