Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

General:

Doing Refugee Integration Better: Three Lessons from the Latest Research (CGD Blog, Oct. 2022) [text]

- See also related Twitter thread.

Examining ways to promote mobile money use in refugee-hosting areas in Ethiopia (IFPRI Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

United States:

The immigrant workforce supports millions of US jobs (Future Development Blog, Oct. 2022) [text]

"Inside The Powerful New CEO Club Quietly Welcoming Refugees," Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022 [text]

Labor shortages are damaging Americans’ quality of life. Immigrants can help (Niskanen Center Blog, Oct. 2022) [text]

Study Finds that Reducing Refugee Admissions and Access to Asylum Harms the US Economy (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Want to Hire an Immigrant or Refugee? Chambers of Commerce Aim to Make That Easier (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Challenges facing Savings and Internal Lending Communities in a long-term refugee settlement setting: Implementing the PSP model among extremely vulnerable populations of Bidibidi refugee settlement in Uganda: Findings and recommendations (Catholic Relief Services, April 2022) [text]

"Entrepreneurial motives, entrepreneurial success and life satisfaction of refugees venturing in tourism and hospitality," International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, vol. 34, no. 6 (2022) [Oxford Brookes Univ. IR]

- Focuses on Turkey and the UK.

*Global Roadmap for Refugee Entrepreneurship (UNHCR & Impact Hub, Oct. 2022) [text]

The Power of Nurturing Refugee Businesses Report‌: An Independent Evaluation of Inkomoko's Support Programmes in Africa (Loughborough Univ., Sept. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Kenya and Rwanda.

"The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp," American Economic Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

- Focuses on Bangladesh.

Refugee Labor Mobility in the United States: Obstacles and Opportunities (Talent Beyond Boundaries, Oct. 2022) [text]

- See also related blog post.

"Rethinking self-reliance and economic inclusion of refugees through a distributive lens: A case study from Uganda," African Affairs, Advance Articles, 13 Oct. 2022 [open access]

"What happens to refugee-origin entrepreneurs? Combining mixed embeddedness and strategy perspectives in a longitudinal study," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 45, no. 16 (2022) [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (26 Sept. 2022)