Ratings of Economic Opportunities for Jordanians and Syrian Refugees PforR Project for Jordan were as follows: outcome was satisfactory, Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation...
The purpose of this note is to synthesize key findings relating to women’s job opportunities in displacement settings, and outline ways to overcome constraints through policy reforms and program design...
Humanitarian models of refugee assistance increasingly promote refugee self-reliance without offering a clear understanding of what constitutes self-reliance, or how to measure it, although measurement...
This paper examines the impact of refugee camp hosting on local communities, specifically the Rohingya crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. It uses remote sensing measurements and panel data to compare areas...
Ethiopia, with its long history of hosting refugees, is grappling with the complex challenges of accommodating close to one million refugees and asylum seekers. While Ethiopia has adopted progressive refugee...
This report provides initial results from an impact evaluation (IE) of an Entrepreneurship Support Program intended to improve the livelihoods of host communities and displaced households in Niger. The...
The development objective of Supporting Growth and Resilience Development Policy Operation Project for Moldova is to: (i) strengthen resilience of refugees and households; (ii) foster sustainable growth...
Refugees face important barriers to participation in the formal market, which locks them in informal employment and makes them more vulnerable to shocks. Using data from Jordan, this paper compares the...
La migración reciente en Chile constituye un aporte al sistema de protección social del país, tanto a través de su contribución a la fuerza laboral como por las cotizaciones previsionales realizadas...
This report builds on the methodology used to estimate the cost of inclusive refugee education developed by the World Bank and UNHCR in consultation with donors and host countries. Under the 2018 Global...
Communities that host refugees are often concerned about how their labor markets will change. Although high-income countries attract most policy attention, low- and middle-income countries host three of...
OXXO is Mexico’s leading convenience store chain and a subsidiary of the multinational beverage and retail company Fomento Económico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA). Like many companies worldwide, OXXO...
In a global context where refugees in need of resettlement often remain without a durable solution, several countries have searched for ways to take in newcomers at low political and financial cost. It...
There are nearly 600,000 refugee and asylum seekers living in Kenya – the fifth largest refugee population in Africa.1 Most refugees are currently concentrated in two areas: Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei...
This is the second in a series of three technical briefs produced by the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice to share results of a multi-country data harmonization exercise concerning forcibly...
This is the third in a series of three technical briefs produced by the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice to share results of a multi-country data harmonization exercise concerning forcibly...
The development objective of the Municipal Services and Social Resilience Project for Jordan is to support Jordanian municipalities affected by the influx of Syrian refugees in delivering services and...
Poverty measurement among forcibly displaced populations, including refugees and internally displaced persons, has been, for long, neglected by the economics profession and by poverty specialists working...