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From Access to Integration: A Landscape Assessment of Refugee Financial Inclusion in Kenya
A comprehensive market assessment conducted by the Refugee Investment Network (RIN) in partnership with FSD Kenya. The report evaluates the current state of financial inclusion for forcibly displaced populations in Kenya, mapping the systemic transition from exception-based pilots to mainstream financial integration. It identifies key regulatory, market, and operational barriers, while highlighting strategic investment and policy opportunities to foster long-term refugee self-reliance and economic cohesion with host communities.
Refugee Lens Investing: Economic Growth and Inclusion in Mafraq, Jordan
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.
State of Refugee Lens Investing
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 Anti-Trafficking Investment Lens
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.
innPactWeek in Barranquilla, Colombia. Organized by Five One Labs with USAID support.
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.
RLI Impact Measurement Tool
The RLI Impact Measurement Tool is intended to help investors and companies measure the refugee-specific social impact of a refugee lens investment.
Employing Refugees: Measuring business attitudes in London
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.
Creating a Roadmap for Refugee Lens Investing in Ethiopia
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.
Building a Refugee Lens Investment Ecosystem in Kenya
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.
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.
The Refugee Lens
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.