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Using Poverty Lines to Measure Refugee Self-Reliance

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dc.contributor.authorHoogeveen, Johannes
dc.contributor.authorHopper, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-30T13:43:03Z
dc.date.available2024-09-30T13:43:03Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-30
dc.description.abstractHumanitarian models of refugee assistance increasingly promote refugee self-reliance without offering a clear understanding of what constitutes self-reliance, or how to measure it, although measurement is essential to assess whether the promotion of self-reliance has been successful. This paper proposes an approach to measuring self-reliance rooted in global poverty measurement: a refugee is self-reliant if their self-earned income exceeds the locally relevant poverty line. In its empirical application, the paper uses estimates of self-reliance drawn from 11 consumption surveys, which present the universe of data that can be used for such purposes. Refugees in middle-income countries are found to be far more likely to be self-reliant than those in lower income countries, while refugees residing in urban and non-camp settings demonstrate higher levels of self-reliance than those in rural and camp environments, reflecting the presence of greater economic opportunities outside camps and in urban areas. The paper also finds evidence that aid and self-reliance are inversely correlated, with more aid spent in environments where refugee self-reliance is constrained. The paper argues that a different outcome should be envisaged, one in which governments that encourage refugees to be self-reliant receive more aid. Such an approach would be beneficial for refugees, who would gain financial autonomy, and for host country citizens, who often face high levels of poverty and at times are even poorer than refugees.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099319209172425555/IDU14a79187a1173b14aa61b4b71cfe5aaf49a9b
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10910
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42212
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10910
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectNO POVERTY
dc.subjectSDG 1
dc.subjectDECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectSDG 8
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectSDG 11
dc.titleUsing Poverty Lines to Measure Refugee Self-Relianceen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleUsing Poverty Lines to Measure Refugee Self-Reliance
okr.date.disclosure2024-09-30
okr.date.lastmodified2024-09-17T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePoverty & Social Policy Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099319209172425555/IDU14a79187a1173b14aa61b4b71cfe5aaf49a9b
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10910
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10910
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okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Human Migrations & Resettlements
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unitProsperity-Poverty and Equity-GE (EPVGE)
okr.unitEFI-AFR2-POV-Poverty and Equity (EAWPV)
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