Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Conference: Unlocking Employment for Refugees, 19 January 2023 [info]

- Session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, 16-20 January 2023.

Blog posts:

Here's how Europe can support Ukrainian refugees, according to the IMF (World Economic Forum Blog, Dec. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Challenges and Resilience Strategies of Urban Refugee Entrepreneurs, Working Paper, no. 1601 (Economic Research Forum, Nov. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

Financial Inclusion of Refugees in Jordan: Knowledge Note (GIZ, UNHCR & WFP, Nov. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Financial Profiling and Possible Financial Inclusion of Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia, Paper presented at ICBT 2021: Sustainable Finance, Digitalization and the Role of Technology (Springer, 2023) [ResearchGate]

- Scroll to p. 711.

Forced Displacement Literature Review (Joint Data Center, Nov. 2022) [text]

- This literature review includes links to a number of papers that focus on refugees and labour markets.

The Labor Demand Effects of Refugee Immigration: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 15833 (Institute of Labor Economics, Dec. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Germany.

Review of national policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practice in Egypt: A baseline study on the access of refugees and asylum seekers to the labour market (ILO, Nov. 2022) [text]

Review of national policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practice in Kenya: A baseline study on the right to work and rights at work for refugees (ILO, Dec. 2022) [text]

Women’s economic empowerment in the face of Covid-19 and displacement: Restoring resilient futures (ODI & IRC, Dec. 2022) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (12 Dec. 2022)