04 August 2025

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Drivers of employment growth: An overview of the integration of migrants into the German labour market (IAB Forum, July 2025) [text]

From Relief to Resilience: Turkey’s Labor Market Program for Refugees Under the Lens (Devdiscourse, Aug. 2025) [text]
- Focuses on Syrians.

Reports: 

Enhancing Self-Reliance & Preparedness for Forced Displacement in the Great Lakes Region: Results Achieved and Lessons Learned Report (World Bank, June 2025) [text]

From Burden to Backbone: Rethinking Syrian Refugee Integration in Lebanon’s Economy (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, July 2025) [text]

Making Refugee Self-Reliance Work: From Aid to Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa (World Bank, June 2025) [access]
- Follow link for report, executive summary and key messages.

Markets Under Fire: An analysis of the local economy, structural setbacks, and adaptation strategies in Gaza (Save the Children, Mercy Corps & Catholic Relief Services, July 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Pathways to Employment: South Sudan Report (Amahoro Coalition, July 2025) [text via UNHCR]

Pathways to Employment: Tanzania Report (Amahoro Coalition, July 2025) [text via UNHCR]

Sustainable Livelihoods of Refugees in Rwanda: Results from a Survey and Self-reliance Measure (World Bank, June 2025) [text]
- See also related note and Devdiscourse post.

Journal articles:

*"At the Foot of the Mountain: Temporalities of Production and Social Reproduction of Ukrainian Refugee Women in the Czech Republic," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 18 July 2025 [open access]

"From emergency relief to empowerment: Transitioning government-led social entrepreneurship practices to support Ukrainian refugees," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, vol. 24 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"I am a migrant entrepreneur and I can make it: Enabling identities to overcome marginalisation," International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, OnlineFirst, 18 July 2025 [open access]
- Focuses on Australia.

"Moral Dilemmas in the Practice of Aspiration Management: Coping Strategies Among Swiss and Finnish Street-Level Bureaucrats Providing Integration Services to Refugees and Migrants," Social Policy & Administration, Early View, 19 July 2025 [open access]

"'Why It’s Different?': Hierarchies of (Non-) Belonging in German Refugee Categorizations," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 22 July 2025 [open access]

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