Integrating refugees into West African economies
Integrating refugees into West African economies
The Central Sahel is currently the fastest growing displacement crisis in the world, with ramifications for the wider West Africa region. Yet the ability for refugees and IDPs to play an active role in the economy is severely limited. In 2022, we collaborated with the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) on a project funded by the Mastercard Foundation to conduct an assessment of economic Read More
Increasing access to finance for formal and informal businesses
Informal Livelihoods Advancement Activity (Iqlaa) is a five-year USAID-funded program supporting Jordan's Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs). Iqlaع aims to meet the immediate needs of formal and informal MSEs following the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, while building stable foundations from which Read More
Assessing barriers to refugee lens investment
Jordan hosts the second largest proportion of refugees per capita in the world, but their ability to engage in the formal economy can be limited. The nascent field of Refugee Lens Investing is gradually decoding how global investors can better Read More
Profiling and engaging impact investors
As an asset class and idea, impact investing is growing. Mainstream fund managers have entered the arena, raising awareness about the issues associated with the core tenets of impact investing. While this is great for the industry, it is less Read More
Advancing policy to integrate Arab Youth into their economies
Arab youth have the lowest levels of financial inclusion in the world. We were engaged by the Alliance for Financial Inclusion to conduct a special report on the landscape of youth financial inclusion in the Arab region as part of Read More