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Re:Build: Creating sustainable livelihoods solutions
Committed to generate and share evidence for innovative, sustainable livelihood solutions that can be adopted to support refugees and host residents in East Africa and beyond
Re:Build is a five-year project, implemented by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), that aims to generate and share evidence for ‘what works’ to support refugees and host communities in Kampala, Uganda, and Nairobi, Kenya.
Featured Work
How Donors Can Better Support Urban Refugees in Kampala and Nairobi
Johnstone Kotut et al.
Designing an RCT on Livelihoods for Refugees and Hosts: Re:Build in Kampala
Travis Baseler et al.
Implementing an Adaptive Program to Support Refugees
Helen Dempster et al.
Adaptive Management in Refugee Programming
Helen Dempster et al.
Adaptive Management in Protracted Crises
et al.
Featured Work
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How Donors Can Better Support Urban Refugees in Kampala and ...Johnstone Kotut et al.
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Designing a Randomized Controlled Trial on Livelihoods for R...Travis Baseler et al.
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What We Learned Implementing an Adaptive Program to Support ...Helen Dempster et al.
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Adaptive Management in Refugee Programming: Lessons from Re:...Helen Dempster et al.
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Adaptive Management in Protracted Crises: What We’re Learnin...et al.
The Re:Build program is funded by the IKEA Foundation and is currently under implementation in Kampala and Nairobi. The IRC is the lead partner and has been coordinating a consortium of local and international partners, including CGD, to deliver the program interventions.
The program seeks to deliver livelihood interventions for urban refugees and vulnerable host residents to achieve economic self-reliance and benefit from strengthened urban economic, regulatory, and social environments. It aims to enable change at varying levels, from better access to livelihoods opportunities and inclusive services within communities, to improved refugee-related policies and more targeted and effective service delivery by national, regional, and global actors.
Some of the key features of the program’s approach are flexible funding, adaptive design, and continuous knowledge and evidence generation. In particular, CGD Is implementing a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in Kampala testing whether a group business mentorship program can improve microenterprise success and social cohesion.
More information is available on the program’s website: https://rebuild.rescue.org/about/overview
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Blogs
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World Refugee DayLast year, we highlighted five areas to watch in the world of refugee policy; they remain just as important today. This year, we’l... -
Implementing an Adaptive Program to Support RefugeesHumanitarian crises are increasingly protracted and complex, lacking clear solutions and paths to reach the most-affected individu...
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Most Refugees Live in Cities, Not CampsWhen most people think about refugees, they think of sprawling camps separated from the rest of society. But in reality, today—Wor...
Publications
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How Donors Can Better Support Urban Refugees in Kampala and NairobiThe majority of refugees worldwide live in urban areas. It is often assumed that these urban-based refugees are self-reliant and n...
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Designing an RCT on Livelihoods for Refugees and Hosts: Re:Build in KampalaAs policymakers in protracted refugee situations shift from short-term humanitarian responses to longer-term development support, ...
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Adaptive Management in Refugee ProgrammingThe evidence for how to best support refugee economic self-reliance is limited; even less is known about what is effective for urb...
Experts
Claire Manley
Claire Manley is a research assistant working with senior fellow Michael Clemens and Thomas Ginn on migration and international displacement. She graduated from the University of M...
Harrison Tang
Harrison Tang is a research assistant working with Thomas Ginn and Michael Clemens on migration and displacement. He holds a Master's degree in International Affairs from UC San Di...
Helen Dempster
Helen Dempster is a policy fellow and assistant director for the Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy Program at the Center for Global Development. Prior to joining CGD...
Thomas Ginn
Thomas Ginn is a research fellow at the Center for Global Development, where he studies migration and displacement. His current research focuses on aid for refugees in lower-income...
Experts
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Claire ManleyClaire Manley is a research assistant working with senior fellow Michael Clemens and Thomas Ginn on migration and international displacement. She graduated from the University of M...
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Harrison TangHarrison Tang is a research assistant working with Thomas Ginn and Michael Clemens on migration and displacement. He holds a Master's degree in International Affairs from UC San Di...
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Helen DempsterHelen Dempster is a policy fellow and assistant director for the Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy Program at the Center for Global Development. Prior to joining CGD...
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Thomas GinnThomas Ginn is a research fellow at the Center for Global Development, where he studies migration and displacement. His current research focuses on aid for refugees in lower-income...
Acknowledgments
CGD would like to acknowledge the generous support and engagement of the IKEA Foundation.