displacement

More from the Series

Blog Post
CGD and RI Launch New Initiative to Expand Formal Labor Market Access for Refugees
Cindy Huang
and
Jimmy Graham
June 20, 2019
On World Refugee Day this year, we are excited to note recent successes—in particular, the expansion of formal labor market access (FLMA) for refugees.
Blog Post
Justice for the Displaced? Canadian Senator Ratna Omidvar on the CGD Podcast
Helen Dempster
June 18, 2019
Canadian Senator Ratna Omidvar on how the Frozen Assets Repurposing Act would work, what it could mean for Canada, and why it resonates with her personally.
Blog Post
Where Internally Displaced People Live & Three Ways To Support Their Economic Success
Cindy Huang
and
Jimmy Graham
May 13, 2019
There are over 68.5 million forcibly displaced people in the world, including about 40 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have moved because of conflict or other drivers, including disasters, economic instability, and development projects such as infrastructure construction. T...
CGD NOTES
How Urban are IDPs and What Does that Mean for Their Economic Integration?
Cindy Huang
and
Jimmy Graham
May 10, 2019
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) face severe economic challenges. Which policy and programmatic approaches will be most effective in supporting IDPs to overcome these challenges and make progress toward self-reliance depends in part on the urban-rural composition of IDP populations. By analysing ...
CGD NOTES
Five Ways to Improve the World Bank Funding for Refugees and Hosts in Low-Income Countries and Why These Dedicated Resources Matter More than Ever
Sarah Charles et al.
November 05, 2018
For too long, the international community has accepted the convenient fiction that refugee crises are temporary.
BRIEFS
How Global Businesses Can Improve Refugee Labor Market Access—and Why They Should
October 09, 2018
Many of the world’s 25 million refugees spend years struggling to provide for themselves or contribute fully to their host economies because they are legally barred from working or owning businesses. Granting refugees formal labor market access unlocks a range of benefits—for refugees, h...
WORKING PAPERS
The Economic and Fiscal Effects of Granting Refugees Formal Labor Market Access - Working Paper 496
Michael Clemens et al.
October 09, 2018
There are over 25 million refugees in the world today and most of them—especially those in developing countries—do not have formal labor market access (LMA). Granting refugees formal LMA has the potential to create substantial benefits for refugees and their hosts.