Unlocking Refugee Self-Reliance
RIN is the first impact investing and blended finance collaborative dedicated to creating long-term solutions to global forced migration
Refugee Lens
A framework to define and qualify refugee investments
The “Refugee Lens,” developed by the RIN, is an investing framework to qualify and track investments over time and to respond to the question: “What is a refugee investment?” This tool provides investors with a lens to assess and qualify prospective and historical deals as refugee investments.
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Refugee-Owned
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Refugee-Led
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Refugee-Supporting
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Refugee-Supporting, Host-Weighted
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Lending Facilities
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Refugee Funds
What is RIN’s Role?
Building the field of Refugee Lens Investing (RLI) by connecting investors to refugee-supporting ventures, and supporting policy and narrative change.
RLI Research
Browse original research from RIN and partners geared towards investors & policymakers interested in refugee lens investing
innPactWeek in Barranquilla, Colombia. Organized by Five One Labs with USAID support.
RIN was delighted to participate in #innPactWeek in Barranquilla, Colombia. Designed and conducted by Five One Labs, with support from USAID, the event brought together over a dozen RLI entrepreneurs and a large and diverse group of impact investors from the United States, Latin America and Colombia to Barranquilla to learn about – and invest in – the burgeoning RLI startup ecosystem on the Caribbean Coast and across Colombia. See the full event write up on the link below.
RIN’s First Annual Report – 2022 Highlights & Looking Ahead
RIN’s first Annual Report recaps the many achievements that helped us arrive at an important inflection point for the field of refugee lens investing (RLI) and looks ahead at what’s next.
Unlocking Refugee Self-Reliance in the UK
RIN found that the UK market – with its robust set of interested capital partners – presents a tremendous opportunity for the creation of Refugee Lens Investing (RLI) as a new vertical in the UK’s impact investing ecosystem. Learn more in this market assessment.
Paradigm Shift: How investment can unlock the potential of refugees
RIN’s 2018 flagship report offers impact investors, grant-makers, and development finance professionals the first overview on how to invest in and with forcibly displaced people.
Creating a Refugee Lens Investment Roadmap in Jordan & Uganda
With support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), RIN conducted in-depth assessments of market and policy barriers to Refugee Lens Investing in Jordan and Uganda. Learn more in this overview of the study’s research objectives and methods.
Investment Opportunities
Explore hundreds of RLI opportunities from around the globe through our interactive map.
