Refugee Lens Investing: Economic Growth and Inclusion in Mafraq, Jordan is a market assessment conducted by the Refugee Investment Network (RIN) for the International Finance Corporation (IFC). It aims to identify and promote private sector investments in the Mafraq region in Jordan, particularly those that support businesses integrating forcibly displaced and host communities.
The State of RLI Tool is a new digital platform developed by RIN to help centralize, visualize, and scale this growing global movement. It is designed for investors, enterprises and other ecosystem members as an interactive repository of deals, investors, and investment vehicles across regions and sectors.
The Refugee Lens is a framework to define and qualify refugee investments. The framework helps investors and entrepreneurs respond to the question: “What is a refugee investment?” Learn more by downloading the framework and watching our Explainer.
RIN was thrilled to join #innPactWeek in Barranquilla, Colombia, organized by Five One Labs, with support from USAID. The event brought together RLI entrepreneurs and impact investors from the U.S., Latin America, and Colombia to explore and invest in Colombia’s growing RLI startup ecosystem.
The RLI Impact Measurement Tool is intended to help investors and companies measure the refugee-specific social impact of a refugee lens investment.
In partnership with the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, our new report highlights the findings from a business survey on refugee employment. The report considers the reasons London companies look to employ refugees, the barriers that are preventing more from doing so, and potential steps to encourage more businesses to hire refugee employees.
The findings and recommendations presented in “Creating a Roadmap for Refugee Lens Investing in Ethiopia” will inform the Refugee Investment Network and the broader Refugee Lens Investing community on the unique barriers and opportunities present in Ethiopia for refugees and internally displaced people.
In collaboration with Open Capital, “Building a Refugee Lens Investment Ecosystem in Kenya” describes how Kenya-based refugees engage economically within their host communities, and what challenges and opportunities exist to support more sustainable livelihood development, amidst the various policy and related barriers that these populations face.
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.
The Refugee Lens is a framework to define and qualify refugee investments. The framework helps investors and entrepreneurs respond to the question: “What is a refugee investment?” Learn more by downloading the framework and watching our Explainer.
RIN discusses the policy and enabling environment for Refugee Lens Investing (RLI) in Jordan and provides a clear set of recommendations to act on the findings.
RIN’s in-depth Refugee Lens Investing (RLI) market assessments highlight barriers to refugee self-reliance, financial & policy mechanisms to help mitigate barriers, opportunities presented by refugees and host communities, and RLI investment pipelines.
