Finance in Displacement – Exploring and Strengthening Financial Lives of Refugees

Finance in Displacement

Joint research project facilitated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), 2019-2021

Project consortium: Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Tufts University, International Rescue Committee (IRC)

This research project will explore the financial and economic lives of displaced people using approaches appropriate for the sensitive context of forced displacement. It seeks to address existing knowledge gaps in understanding the financial needs of refugees, how those are met by existing financial services market, and where there is need for better support. It will engage key stakeholders and service providers in making sense of the implications of these insights for their own work, in two focus countries—Jordan and Kenya—and beyond. The findings from the project will feed into policy and programmatic interventions of key partners such as German Development Cooperation, IRC, and others.

Principal investigators: Hans-Martin Zademach and Kim Wilson (Tufts University)
Team: Swati Mehta Dhawan, Eva Garcke, Daphne Jayasinghe, Anneleen Vos (both IRC), Radha Rajkotia, Julie Zollmann (Tufts) et al.
More information: The Journeys Project

Featured Publications and Material

Further selected publications

FIND Short profile

FIND

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High Level FINDings

High Level FINDings

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FIND Symposium Selected Voices

FIND Symposium

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FIND Jordan Workshop

The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU), International Rescue Committee (IRC), and Tufts University organised the FIND Jordan Workshop “Finance in Displacement: Refugee Integration in Jordan” on 13th July 2021. This virtual workshop featured key insights drawn from empirical research conducted in Jordan in 2019 and 2020, supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Through our findings, we hope to provide recommendations to policymakers, humanitarian and development agencies, and other actors whose work aims to improve the lives of refugees.

A wide range of Jordanian stakeholders supporting refugee protection, livelihoods, and financial inclusion participated in the workshop and provided their valuable inputs. Below you can find the video recording presenting the results from the study at the workshop. The detailed agenda is available here: » Download Agenda

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