Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Aligning public and private interests to advance financial inclusion for displaced persons and their hosts (UNHCR Blog, July 2024) [text]

Immigrants Do Not Displace US Workers or Reduce Wages (Immigration Impact, July 2024) [text]

Reports:

Crossing borders, building livelihoods: The insecure economic lives of migrants in Libya (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2024) [text]

Chad Economic Update 2024 - Special Chapter: Hosting Refugees in an Inclusive Manner (World Bank, April 2024) [access]

- See also related blog post.

Guía para la contratación de personas refugiadas y migrantes en Perú (Tent Partnership for Refugees, June 2024) [text]

Guía para la Orientación socioeconómica y laboral para personas refugiadas y migrantes del Servicio de Orientación para el Migrante (SOM) (Govt. of Peru & ILO, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Peru.

Pathways for Regular Migration: Perceptions of Migrant Workers and Recovery in Ukraine (IOM, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"The bidirectional relationship between social contracts and entrepreneurship: Syrian refugee entrepreneurs in Kurdistan Region of Iraq," Mediterranean Politics, Latest Articles, 18 July 2024 [open access]

"Cash transfers amid shocks: A large, one-time, unconditional cash transfer to refugees in Uganda has multidimensional benefits after 19 months," World Development, vol. 173 (Jan. 2024) [full-text via UNHCR]

"Corporate Human Rights Responsibility in Illiberal Regimes: The Example of the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis in Hungary," Business and Human Rights Journal, vol. 9, no. S1 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

"Employment outcomes of refugee women and men: multiple gender gaps and the importance of high-skill jobs," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 18 July 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Austria.

"'The Plan Is No Plan': Ontological Security and Resilience of Ukrainian Refugees in the Czech Labour Market," Czech Sociological Review, Prepublished online, 19 July 2024 [open access]

"Predictors, barriers, and facilitators to refugee women’s employment and economic inclusion: A mixed methods systematic review," PLoS ONE 19(7): e0305463 (July 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (5 July 2024)