The economic inclusion exchange on displacement is an exchange forum for members of regional INGOs, UN agencies, IFIs, CSOs, research institutes across the humanitarian-development nexus in Eastern Africa. It stimulates discussions, research, and sharing of best practices related to the livelihoods and economic inclusion of refugee, returnees, other persons in displacement and their host communities. It is an open platform for discussion of partners advocating, researching, investing and realizing projects that strengthen self-reliance and resilience, reduce the need of assistance, contribute to economies, increase protection and enhance durable solutions. “Economic Inclusion means enabling refugees to provide for themselves and be net contributors to economic development as consumers, workers and entrepreneurs. It is one of the most important keys to enhancing protection and unlocking solutions for refugees” (Filippo Grandi, United Nations Hugh Commissioner for Refugees)
Integrated enterprise and market systems assessment on the refugee and host community livelihoods in Sudan - This assessment has been conducted to help provide an analytical basis from which market-ba...
Publish date: 21 April 2022 (24 days ago)
Create date: 26 April 2022 (18 days ago)
Targeting is a commonly used, but much debated, policy within global social assistance practice. This book examines the well- known dilemmas in light of the growing body of experience, new implementat...
Publish date: 31 March 2022 (1 month ago)
Create date: 1 April 2022 (1 month ago)
The factsheet on Climate Change, Displacement and Human Rights, was jointly produced by UNHCR and OHCHR. Climate change in the context of displacement is more and more frequently being discussed and t...
Publish date: 30 March 2022 (1 month ago)
Create date: 1 April 2022 (1 month ago)
The “Insurance for MSMEs Compendium” provides insights on how GIZ is improving the provision of insurance for MSMEs in a number of countries. The work compiled in this compendium includes knowledge bu...
Publish date: 30 March 2022 (1 month ago)
Create date: 4 April 2022 (1 month ago)
In the report, the region’s digital agriculture landscape is assessed through six key themes: infrastructure, digital penetration, policy and regulation, business environment, human capital and agro-i...
Publish date: 15 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 16 March 2022 (1 month ago)
This paper proposes a comprehensive Strategy to strengthen IMF support to FCS in accordance with the Fund’s mandate and comparative advantage. The Strategy is a response to the Board-endorsed recommen...
Publish date: 14 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 1 April 2022 (1 month ago)
Summary for Decision Makers with impacts and advisories for the following sectors: Disaster risk management, Agriculture and food security, Livestock, Water and Energy Health, Conflict Early Warning, ...
Publish date: 25 February 2022 (2 months ago)
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Over recent years millions of people who had been excluded from formal financial services have gained access to financial accounts. While this is a step forward, low use and inactivity keeps account d...
Publish date: 14 December 2020 (1 year ago)
Create date: 13 January 2021 (1 year ago)
The Refugee Economies Programme at Oxford conducted an evaluation of the multi-year investment to understand how the funding has impacted refugee and host communities in this borderland area. Qualitat...
Publish date: 15 May 2020 (2 years ago)
Create date: 27 November 2020 (1 year ago)
The South Sudan economy had recorded a strong growth pickup before the COVID-19 pandemic, with real GDP growth estimated at 9.3 percent in FY2019/20 but a contraction of -3.4 percent is projected in F...
Publish date: 16 February 2022 (2 months ago)
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Research by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI shows that COVID-19 has significantly compounded the economic disadvantages displaced women face. The rep...
Publish date: 21 October 2021 (6 months ago)
Create date: 29 October 2021 (6 months ago)
In a newly published report, Chiara Mariotti investigates the use of Development Policy Financing (DPF) in the WB's Covid-19 response. She notes out of 90 Development Policy Operations, 45 were COVI...
Publish date: 29 September 2021 (7 months ago)
Create date: 4 October 2021 (7 months ago)
The COVID19 (coronavirus) pandemic and associated containment measures are expected to cause far-reaching damage to economies around the world. Firms are suffering from reduced demand due to movement ...
Publish date: 1 August 2021 (9 months ago)
Create date: 27 September 2021 (7 months ago)
The COVID19 (coronavirus) pandemic and associated containment measures are expected to cause far-reaching damage to economies around the world. Firms are suffering from reduced demand due to movement ...
Publish date: 1 August 2021 (9 months ago)
Create date: 27 September 2021 (7 months ago)
This snapshot is the last in a series published by CGAP and Symbiotics, offering updates on how COVID-19 is affecting the microfinance sector’s portfolio quality, financial health, and ability to se...
Publish date: 31 July 2021 (9 months ago)
Create date: 30 August 2021 (8 months ago)
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a strong impact on the livelihoods of Kenyan households, even though employment and income levels are recovering. The second lockdown resulted ...
Publish date: 12 July 2021 (10 months ago)
Create date: 13 July 2021 (10 months ago)
Following the assessment’s key findings, this Policy Road Map outlines intervention areas where decision-making and policy responses should be considered to ensure inclusive jobs, education, and prote...
Publish date: 31 May 2021 (11 months ago)
Create date: 27 September 2021 (7 months ago)
The assessment provides an evidence base for the needs of the refugee and host community populations and business enterprises in two locations targeted by PROSPECTS, in order to inform key stakeholder...
Publish date: 31 May 2021 (11 months ago)
Create date: 27 September 2021 (7 months ago)
Development Initiatives (DI) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) have collaborated on this research to provide an independent and up-to-date overview of Covid-19 response – how much funding t...
Publish date: 29 April 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 4 May 2021 (1 year ago)
This report by the Center for Global Development (CGD) takes stock of the WB’s efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year, revisiting four questions about the WB’s lending perform...
Publish date: 19 April 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 21 April 2021 (1 year ago)
The factsheet on Climate Change, Displacement and Human Rights, was jointly produced by UNHCR and OHCHR. Climate change in the context of displacement is more and more frequently being discussed and t...
Publish date: 30 March 2022 (1 month ago)
Create date: 1 April 2022 (1 month ago)
Village Enterprise, together with Mercy Corps and IDinsight, are working on a new project combining VE’s graduation strategy and MC’s great market systems work: Delivering Resilient Enterprises and Ma...
Publish date: 24 May 2021 (11 months ago)
Create date: 28 May 2021 (11 months ago)
Initiated jointly by the UNHCR and the World Bank, the Kakuma Socioeconomic Survey provides new data on the socioeconomic lives of refugees in Kakuma, North West Kenya, that is comparable with that of...
Publish date: 26 February 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 4 March 2021 (1 year ago)
Initiated jointly by the UNHCR and the World Bank, the Kakuma Socioeconomic Survey provides new data on the socioeconomic lives of refugees in Kakuma, North West Kenya, that is comparable with that of...
Publish date: 26 February 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 4 March 2021 (1 year ago)
The newly released report Data Disaggregation of SDG Indicators by Forced Displacement provides a review of the availability of published disaggregated SDG indicators, and assesses the feasibility of ...
Publish date: 9 December 2020 (1 year ago)
Create date: 12 January 2021 (1 year ago)
The report covers main displacement and statelessness trends during the first half of 2020. It also contains a dedicated chapter on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on displaced and stateless peopl...
Publish date: 9 December 2020 (1 year ago)
Create date: 12 January 2021 (1 year ago)
The “Insurance for MSMEs Compendium” provides insights on how GIZ is improving the provision of insurance for MSMEs in a number of countries. The work compiled in this compendium includes knowledge bu...
Publish date: 30 March 2022 (1 month ago)
Create date: 4 April 2022 (1 month ago)
This new ILO global Guide provides an overview of policy options and country practices to extend social protection to migrant workers, refugees and their families. The Guide is the outcome of long-sta...
Publish date: 8 November 2021 (6 months ago)
Create date: 24 February 2022 (2 months ago)
The UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments are an actionable guide to seizing a momentous opportunity, responsibly: ensuring payment digitization is inclusive, sustainable, and prioritizes wom...
Publish date: 18 October 2021 (6 months ago)
Create date: 22 October 2021 (6 months ago)
UNHCR and WFP Corporate Approaches: Livelihoods and self-reliance programming in refugee and displacement settings - Part 3 on WFP Programming. Developed by the UNHCR-WFP Joint Programme Excellence a...
Publish date: 30 September 2021 (7 months ago)
Create date: 1 December 2021 (5 months ago)
UNHCR and WFP Corporate Approaches: Livelihoods and self-reliance programming in refugee and displacement settings - Part 1 on Policy Frameworks. Developed by the UNHCR-WFP Joint Programme Excellence...
Publish date: 30 September 2021 (7 months ago)
Create date: 1 December 2021 (5 months ago)
UNHCR and WFP Corporate Approaches: Livelihoods and self-reliance programming in refugee and displacement settings - Part 2 on UNHCR Programming. Developed by the UNHCR-WFP Joint Programme Excellence...
Publish date: 30 September 2021 (7 months ago)
Create date: 1 December 2021 (5 months ago)
UNHCR and WFP Corporate Approaches: Livelihoods and self-reliance programming in refugee and displacement settings - Part 4 on Additional WFP and UNHCR programming and approaches. Developed by the UN...
Publish date: 30 September 2021 (7 months ago)
Create date: 1 December 2021 (5 months ago)
A Decision Tree for Digital Financial Inclusion Policymaking is a comprehensive analytical framework to diagnose the factors significantly impeding improvements in digital financial inclusion in speci...
Publish date: 30 July 2021 (9 months ago)
Create date: 27 September 2021 (7 months ago)
The Framework for Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agricultural Commodities and Services is built around the fifth commitment of the 2014 Malabo Declaration to triple intra-African trade in agricult...
Publish date: 15 April 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 22 April 2021 (1 year ago)
This joint publication developed by the ILO’s Skills and Employability Branch and the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) of the Development and Investment Branch contains guidance and re...
Publish date: 8 April 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 22 April 2021 (1 year ago)
This Guide has been prepared under the Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS)1 . It was jointly developed by the ILO’s Employment Intensiv...
Publish date: 8 April 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 28 April 2021 (1 year ago)
This third edition of Value Chain Development for Decent Work updates ILOs flagship publication and provides an overview of how to take a systems approach to value chain development with the objective...
Publish date: 20 January 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 7 September 2021 (8 months ago)
Overview presentation made by IFC on their engagement in Kenya on creating markets in forced displacement contexts (Private Sector solutions for the displaced and their hosts).
Publish date: 3 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 9 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Overview presentation made by IFC on their engagement in Uganda. The Private Sector can bring Jobs and Development to Uganda's refugee populated areas - Consumer and Market Study, Energy Access, Agric...
Publish date: 3 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 9 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Presentation made on the study conducted by ILO and the University of Edinburg on Digital livelihoods and online work platforms - Towards decent work for young refugees and host communities in the dig...
Publish date: 3 February 2022 (3 months ago)
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Presentation made by ITC & Amahoro Coalition on an Assessment of Kenya’s Private Sector Digital Outsourcing Landscape and Its Potential to Support Refugee Economic Inclusion. Refugees and trade roadma...
Publish date: 3 February 2022 (3 months ago)
Create date: 3 February 2022 (3 months ago)
Republic of Uganda - Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development - Jobs and Livelihoods Integrated Response Plan for Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda - 2020/2021 -2024/2025. The Jobs and ...
Publish date: 22 April 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 12 May 2021 (1 year ago)
Integrated enterprise and market systems assessment on the refugee and host community livelihoods in Sudan - This assessment has been conducted to help provide an analytical basis from which market-ba...
Publish date: 21 April 2022 (24 days ago)
Create date: 26 April 2022 (18 days ago)
Targeting is a commonly used, but much debated, policy within global social assistance practice. This book examines the well- known dilemmas in light of the growing body of experience, new implementat...
Publish date: 31 March 2022 (1 month ago)
Create date: 1 April 2022 (1 month ago)
In the report, the region’s digital agriculture landscape is assessed through six key themes: infrastructure, digital penetration, policy and regulation, business environment, human capital and agro-i...
Publish date: 15 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 16 March 2022 (1 month ago)
2021 was BOMA’s most impactful year yet. Together, we enrolled 21,432 new entrepreneurs, lifted 128,592 people out of extreme poverty, and achieved an astounding 36 percent of our cumulative impact si...
Publish date: 8 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 14 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Severely impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, Djibouti’s economic activity has shown signs of recovery in 2021.This first edition of the Djibouti Economic Monitor (DEM) launches a ...
Publish date: 6 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 11 March 2022 (2 months ago)
The end-line report dubbed, Rebuilding Livelihoods in Displacement has shown there is increased use of cash at home as refugees seek easy access to money in case of emergencies, despite the growth of ...
Publish date: 1 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 3 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Sub-Saharan Africa hosts a large proportion of the world’s refugees, raising concerns about the consequences of hosting refugees. This paper focuses on Uganda, which is the largest refugee hosting cou...
Publish date: 1 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 1 April 2022 (1 month ago)
The report finds that around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation. Laws...
Publish date: 1 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 11 March 2022 (2 months ago)
People Forced to Flee draws on the lessons of history to probe how we can improve responses to forced displacement. Tracing the roots of asylum from early history to contemporary times, the book show...
Publish date: 28 February 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 7 March 2022 (2 months ago)
This edition of the Tanzania Economic Update includes a special focus section on women’s economic empowerment, which will play a pivotal role in achieving an inclusive and resilient post-crisis recove...
Publish date: 28 February 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 11 March 2022 (2 months ago)
The Agriculture Value Chain VCA focused on commodities in refugee settlements and host communities in t he 4 districts of (Moyo, Obongi, Terego and Madi Okollo) west Nile
Publish date: 22 February 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 28 February 2022 (2 months ago)
Oxfam argues that the coronavirus pandemic has been made deadlier, more prolonged and more damaging to livelihoods because of inequality. Oxfam denounces a “vaccine apartheid” that results in deaths a...
Publish date: 17 January 2022 (3 months ago)
Create date: 26 January 2022 (3 months ago)
This policy brief accompanies an assessment report on livelihoods as part of durable solutions for internal displacement in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The assessment, funded by the United Nations ...
Publish date: 19 November 2021 (5 months ago)
Create date: 10 December 2021 (5 months ago)
The following literature review was commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) working in consortium with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Hum...
Publish date: 19 November 2021 (5 months ago)
Create date: 10 December 2021 (5 months ago)
The COVID-19 crisis caused unprecedented job losses, hitting women the hardest. Women’s employment-to-population ratios declined proportionally more than men’s for all country income level groups, par...
Publish date: 26 October 2021 (6 months ago)
Create date: 31 January 2022 (3 months ago)
For at least a decade, the microfinance industry has been watching and discussing changes in the financial sector driven by technology with a keen interest in the new potential for expanding the tradi...
Publish date: 14 October 2021 (7 months ago)
Create date: 22 October 2021 (6 months ago)
Do larger cash transfer interventions and graduation approaches improve longer run outcomes more cost effectively? A thought provoking study by Development Impact Evaluation Group (DIME) at the World...
Publish date: 16 September 2021 (7 months ago)
Create date: 1 October 2021 (7 months ago)
FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS THAT ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for “bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to ...
Publish date: 22 April 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 26 October 2021 (6 months ago)
Policy brief jointly co-authored by Dr. Jana Kuhnt (German Development Institute) and Kirsten Schüttler (World Bank) on the economic integration into host communities in times of crisis. Access to...
Publish date: 8 December 2020 (1 year ago)
Create date: 14 December 2020 (1 year ago)
In this brief, jointly authored by Amahoro and Innovest Advisory, we explore how the private sector can develop commercially-viable programs in refugee settings that 1) strengthen access to affordable...
Publish date: 1 December 2020 (1 year ago)
Create date: 12 January 2021 (1 year ago)
Issue paper Exploring peace within the Humanitarian-Development- Peace Nexus (HDPN), developed by FAO, IOM, World Vision, PBSO and OECD-INCAF under the IASC Results Group 4 on Humanitarian-Development...
Publish date: 16 November 2020 (1 year ago)
Create date: 20 November 2020 (1 year ago)
A joint report by Innovest Advisory and Amahoro Coalition: In this brief, they explore how the private sector can develop commercially-viable programs in refugee settings that 1) strengthen access to ...
Publish date: 18 September 2020 (1 year ago)
Create date: 21 September 2020 (1 year ago)
Settlement Profiling Tool - A Spatial Analysis Framework for Settlements accommodating Displaced Populations. The toolkit has been developed by UN-Habitat’s Global Solutions Division, Urban Planning, ...
Publish date: 20 July 2020 (1 year ago)
Create date: 27 November 2020 (1 year ago)
As the longest surviving refugee settlement in the Somali Regional State, Kebribeyah settlement has a vast range of opportunities that can be capitalised upon. The “de-facto” social integration with t...
Publish date: 20 July 2020 (1 year ago)
Create date: 27 November 2020 (1 year ago)
Nakivale, Uganda is the oldest refugee settlement in Africa, and benefits from what is often lauded as the most progressive refugee policies in the world. Termed in a BBC media report in 2016 as “The ...
Publish date: 20 July 2020 (1 year ago)
Create date: 27 November 2020 (1 year ago)
The humanitarian situation across the Tigray Region remains deeply concerning for refugees, the internally displaced and host communities. Civilians have endured ten months of conflict with extremely ...
Publish date: 22 November 2021 (5 months ago)
Create date: 26 November 2021 (5 months ago)
The humanitarian situation across the Tigray Region remains deeply concerning for refugees, the internally displaced and host communities. Civilians have endured ten months of conflict with extremely ...
Publish date: 4 November 2021 (6 months ago)
Create date: 5 November 2021 (6 months ago)
The humanitarian situation across the Tigray Region remains deeply concerning for refugees, the internally displaced and host communities. Civilians have endured ten months of conflict with extremely ...
Publish date: 19 October 2021 (6 months ago)
Create date: 21 October 2021 (6 months ago)
The humanitarian situation across the Tigray Region remains deeply concerning for refugees, the internally displaced and host communities. Civilians have endured ten months of conflict with extremely ...
Publish date: 30 September 2021 (7 months ago)
Create date: 4 October 2021 (7 months ago)
This report by the Center for Global Development (CGD) takes stock of the WB’s efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year, revisiting four questions about the WB’s lending perform...
Publish date: 19 April 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 21 April 2021 (1 year ago)
This paper proposes a comprehensive Strategy to strengthen IMF support to FCS in accordance with the Fund’s mandate and comparative advantage. The Strategy is a response to the Board-endorsed recommen...
Publish date: 14 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 1 April 2022 (1 month ago)
During the last five years, the challenges of forced displacement have grown in scope, scale and complexity. Renewing the previous Strategic Directions for the five years, set out in 2017, the new Str...
Publish date: 1 March 2022 (2 months ago)
Create date: 1 April 2022 (1 month ago)
The Ministry in charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA) of the Government of Rwanda (GoR) and UNHCR launched a joint strategy on Economic Inclusion of Refugees and Host Communities for 2021-24. Overal...
Publish date: 19 August 2021 (8 months ago)
Create date: 13 October 2021 (7 months ago)
The UNHCR Kenya Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Strategy (2020-2024) document, which is a strategy developed jointly with partners and also reflects the feedback from Government counterparts based ...
Publish date: 29 July 2021 (9 months ago)
Create date: 3 September 2021 (8 months ago)
Responding to the High Commissioner’s request to step up livelihoods interventions this document outlines the strategic directions and recommends actions for the EHAGL Regional Bureau 2020-2025 to add...
Publish date: 1 July 2021 (10 months ago)
Create date: 27 July 2021 (9 months ago)
Republic of Uganda - Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development - Jobs and Livelihoods Integrated Response Plan for Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda - 2020/2021 -2024/2025. The Jobs and ...
Publish date: 22 April 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 12 May 2021 (1 year ago)
This UNHCR Somalia Interim Livelihoods Strategy (2021-2022) has been developed against the background of Somalia’s highly fluid and fragile operational context. It also falls within a period of progra...
Publish date: 12 April 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 15 April 2021 (1 year ago)
The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has developed and adopted the National Durable Solutions Strategy (NDSS) 2020 – 2024 for Somalia to holistically address the root causes of displacement and its...
Publish date: 31 March 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 6 April 2021 (1 year ago)
Context: The successful ‘transition’ from training periods into the labour market is among the pivotal benchmark that determines the success of a vocational education system. It is this last, albeit k...
Publish date: 22 March 2021 (1 year ago)
Create date: 25 March 2021 (1 year ago)
UNHCR and NRC have revised the Multi-Sector Market Analysis Guidance and Toolkit, a key part of our efforts to make better programme design decisions, to help ensure that our work uses and supports th...
Publish date: 11 December 2020 (1 year ago)
Create date: 13 January 2021 (1 year ago)
SEEP - This learning brief proposes the application of the market systems approach to support the development of a well-functioning system where Savings Groups effectively reach all those who seek par...
Publish date: 22 April 2020 (2 years ago)
Create date: 15 September 2020 (1 year ago)
An update on implementation of GRF pledges by the Government of Ethiopia. On December 2nd and 3rd 2021, a National GRF Pledge Stocktaking Workshop was conducted to review the progress made on Ethiopi...
Publish date: 10 December 2021 (5 months ago)
Create date: 14 December 2021 (5 months ago)
This newsletter provides access to the JDC’s literature review, which consists of a short summary of the most recent reports and articles on forced displacement.
Publish date: 31 August 2021 (8 months ago)
Create date: 29 November 2021 (5 months ago)
The IFC announces the winners of a business competition managed by IFC and AECF to support development, job creation, and opportunity in Kenya's Kakuma-Kalobeyei refugee-hosting area: https://pressroom.ifc.org/all/pages/PressDetail.aspx?ID=26968
11 May 2022
IMF – Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa: On 28/04, the IMF released the regional economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2021, estimated growth has been revised upward from 3.7 to 4.5%. This progress has been offset by recent events. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, economic activity is expected to slow to 3.8% in 2022. The shock to global commodity markets will add to inflation, hit the region’s most vulnerable households, exacerbate food insecurity, raise poverty rates and possible add to social tension. Looking beyond the current set of crises, decisive policy action is needed to enhance economic diversification, promote regional integration, unleash the private sector’s potential and address the challenges posed by climate change.
06 May 2022
WB – Adjustment to Global Poverty Lines: On 02/05, the WB announced that as of fall 2022, the new global poverty line will be updated to $2.15 using 2017 prices. This means that anyone living on less than $2.15 a day is considered to be living in extreme poverty. Since 2015, the last update, we have used $1.90 as the global line. The rise in the International Poverty Line reflects an increase in the costs of basic food, clothing and shelter needs in low-income countries between 2011 and 2017. In 2017, just under 700 million people were considered living in extreme poverty.
The social protection and forced displacement knowledge exchange is a forum for organisations working on this topic to come together to learn from each other and external stakeholders, to exchange information and best practices and explore opportunities for joint activities.
Many refugees live in extreme poverty and vulnerability. The Poverty Alleviation Coalition is a global coalition of non-governmental organizations, led by UNHCR together with the Partnership for Economic Inclusion of the World Bank. The coalition aims to empower the poorest refugees and their host communities to move out of poverty through the Graduation Approach.
RYVU) is an international research project focused on exploring the kinds of voluntary labour practiced by young refugees in Uganda and investigating how these impact on their skills, employability and the inequalities they experience
The Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI) is a new global partnership with a mission to support the adoption of national economic inclusion programs that increase the earnings and assets of extreme poor and vulnerable households. PEI brings together global stakeholders to catalyze country-level innovation and global knowledge. It is hosted by the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice of the World Bank.
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the interdependence and vulnerability of our world. As we know, the dissemination of the virus had two major causes: international air transport and proximity of human interactions (including in public transport). COVID-19 is therefore very much an urban disease.
UNHCR works to promote livelihoods and economic inclusion for refugees. We advocate for their right to work and support them in becoming more resilient and achieve self-reliance.
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