Refugee Markets Brief: The power of markets to support refugee economic opportunities in West Nile, Uganda

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Document Type: Reports , Reports and Policy Papers
Document Type: English
Publish Date: 1 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Upload Date: 28 June 2018 (5 years ago)
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Refugee Markets Brief: The power of markets to support refugee economic opportunities in West Nile, Uganda

Document Type: Reports , Reports and Policy Papers
Document Language: English
This brief calls for a continued transition away from in-kind aid to an approach that emphasizes partnerships with local businesses, reductions of subsidies and demand-driven, market-based, livelihoods support. This shift requires a combination of market systems development and humanitarian expertise, longer term funding strategies to strengthen local markets, and investments to understand long-run program impacts on markets and households

Partners

  • Mercy Corps

Sectors

  •  Cash Assistance

Locations

  • Uganda
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