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WORKING PAPERS
March 27, 2024
The inflow of refugees and their subsequent integration can be an important challenge for both the refugees themselves and the host society. Policy interventions can improve the lives and economic success of refugees and of their communities. In this paper, we review the socioeconomic integration po...
Blog Post
March 27, 2024
When refugees fleeing conflict and persecution arrive in a new country, they need immediate humanitarian support. Shelter, food, safety, and health are rightly considered nonnegotiable priorities by the international community. But once these basic needs are satisfied, how do we promote refugees’ so...
TESTIMONY
March 21, 2024
On Thursday, March 21, 2024, CGD Senior Fellow Charles Kenny appeared before the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability at a hearing titled “Accountable Assistance: Reviewing Controls to Prevent Mismanagement of Forei...
WORKING PAPERS
February 08, 2024
While labor market impacts of refugees in low- and middle-income countries are commonly studied, public services like education could also be affected by mass arrivals. This paper examines the impact of Syrian refugees on the educational outcomes of Jordanians. Combining detailed household surveys w...
CGD NOTES
January 30, 2024
As policymakers in protracted refugee situations shift from short-term humanitarian responses to longer-term development support, it is critical to identify effective approaches for allocating scarce resources. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on livelihood programs for refugees annually, y...
Blog Post
January 24, 2024
Yesterday marked two decades since President George W. Bush signed into law a consolidated spending bill that carried authorization for the creation of a new innovative US aid agency. The win came nearly two years after the president unveiled his bold vision that centered on “a new compact for globa...
Blog Post
November 08, 2023
How stable do emerging markets look now, in 2023? Which countries would be most and least resilient if another global adverse shock were to happen? A simple indicator constructed from a small set of economic and institutional variables was able to identify in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Blog Post
July 27, 2023
Last week’s Senate Appropriations Committee markup revealed a vast gulf dividing the Capitol with respect to development and diplomacy funding for the coming fiscal year. The two chambers’ State and Foreign Operations spending bill toplines are more than $9 billion apart, with the House coming in at...