Researching Devolution and Refugees Rights in Kenya
Researching Devolution and Refugees Rights in Kenya
Global failures to resolve conflicts that have generated refugees, alongside a corresponding failure to find solutions to displacement, have led to protracted exile for a significant proportion of the world’s refugees. This has had a major impact on countries in the Global South hosting the majority of refugees, which are bearing a disproportionate responsibility for hosting refugees. Kenya is one country that has hosted significant Read More
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 Read More
Increasing Access to Finance for Formal and Informal Businesses in Jordan
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 in Jordan
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 for Jordan
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 among 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 Read More
