Research
Paradigm Shift: How investment can unlock the potential of refugees
RIN’s flagship report offers impact investors, grant-makers, and development finance professionals the first overview on how to invest in and with forcibly displaced people.
Investment Resource
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?”
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Enabling refugee integration and opportunity: A literature review
Commissioned by the RIN and developed by The Economist Intelligence Unit, this literature review draws on over 40 publicly-available reports to identify factors relevant to enabling or accelerating the integration of refugees into host communities.
Video
Refugee Investing Primer Webinar
This webinar unpacks what it means to invest in refugee ventures and how to apply the refugee investment lens framework.
Video
Fast and Financed
In this video by IRC learn about the importance of financial inclusion for refugees in the United States
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Social entrepreneurship at the margins: Helping refugees, migrants, and human trafficking survivors reclaim their futures.
Report from Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship illustrates the clear and urgent need for bottom-up, enterprise level approaches, and highlights organizations that are already addressing these challenges in innovative ways.
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Rural Displacement Fund: Feasibility Study on the Rural Displacement Fund
This feasibility study by Terrablanca Impact Capital examines a funding model to empower IDPs in Colombia to build sustainable agricultural businesses.
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Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion: From Bright Spots to System Change
This Migration Policy Institute report explores how social innovation in the field of refugee inclusion has evolved in the three years since the peak of the crisis.
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Refugees and Their Money: Assessing the Business Case for Providing Financial Services to Refugees
This study by Bankable Frontier Associates and FSD Africa provides market intelligence to build a sound business case for financial institutions to serve FDPs; and explains the financial needs of the FDP population in Rwanda.
Video
Investing in Refugee Entrepreneurs
This webinar by Welcoming Refugees and Higher, shows how to effectively support refugee entrepreneurs and build greater community awareness and support.
Investment Resource
Convergence: Blending Global Finance
Blended finance data, intelligence, and deal flow to increase private sector investment in developing countries
Investment Resource
IRIS+
IRIS+ is the generally accepted system for measuring, managing, and optimizing impact.
Research
The Economic and Fiscal Effects of Granting Refugees Formal Labor Market Access
This report by the Center for Global Development explores the economic and fiscal impact for countries which grant refugees formal labor market access.
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New Financing Partnerships for Humanitarian Impact
This report by the Overseas Development Institute explores new dynamics and potential partnerships to finance future humanitarian efforts.
