Refugee Enterprise
It can be done
Chris Rolfe, Clare Rolfe, Malcolm Harper
Refugee Enterprise is concerned with income-generating projects for refugees from poor countries and now in poor host countries, such as Ethiopian refugees in Somalia or Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Many of these refugees cannot return home. They are neither allowed to become local citizens, nor can they expect a third country to take them. As aid to the refugees is slowly withdrawn, they need to be more self-reliant, but there are many constraints. Taking a wide definition of income-generating activities, outside agencies can help these refugees. Help can come from relief agencies starting to look beyond the relief phase, or from development agencies adjusting their regular activities to the more restricted situation of refugees. The book is also designed for field workers involved in starting or running refugee income-generating (IG) programmes.
Published: 1989
Pages: 150
eBook: 9781780440934
Paperback: 9780946688593
| INTRODUCTION 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Study behind the Book 5 | |||
| Objectives and Limitations 6 | |||
| A FRAMEWORK FOR THINKING | |||
| The Position of Refugees for Development 7 | |||
| Types and Timing of Income-generating Projects 10 | |||
| The Position of Refugees after the Relief Phase 15 | |||
| CASE STUDIES (Five agency programmes and five refugee businesses) | |||
| PAKISTAN | |||
| Assistance to skilled refugees-Action International Contre La Faim 17 | |||
| Expanding out of relief - Austrian Relief Committee 20 | |||
| SOMALIA | |||
| After relief what? - The British and American Quakers 24 | |||
| SUDAN | |||
| The Business End - ACORD in Port Sudan 34 | |||
| The Relief End - Christian Outreach in East Sudan 39 | |||
| Agency Comparisons - of these five agencies and their work 42 | |||
| Three Refugee Businesses and Two "Typical" Refugee Businesses 45 | |||
| FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION - BEFORE STARTING | |||
| A For All Agencies 48 | |||
| B For Relief Agencies Thinking about Development 54 | |||
| C For Development Agencies Thinking about Refugees 56 | |||
| D Programme Objectives 58 | |||
| E Planning Projects 61 | |||
| F Time-scales 68 | |||
| CHOOSING AND RUNNING AN INCOME-GENERATING PROJECT | |||
| G Choosing the Type of Project 69 | |||
| H Relief Substitution - Projects by refugees for refugees 72 | |||
| I Development Investment - Infrastructure/Environment Projects 74 | |||
| J Income-adding Starters - Starting Self-help 77 | |||
| K Basic Skill Utilisation - Agriculture and Village Crafts 79 | |||
| L Vocational Training and Production Schemes 81 | |||
| M Business Starter Schemes - For Refugee Entrepreneurs 83 | |||
| N Business Assistance Projects - For New and Existing Businesses 85 | |||
| O Employment Bureaux 87 | |||
| FURTHER DETAILS | |||
| P Possible Projects and Businesses - A List 88 | |||
| Q Questions on the Selection of Participants 90 | |||
| R The Refugees' Viewpoint 96 | |||
| S Women's Projects 97 | |||
| T First Steps in Marketing - A Checklist 99 | |||
| U Loans and Guarantees 101 | |||
| V Non-Financial Assistance 111 | |||
| W What about the Hosts? 113 | |||
| X Ending the Project 114 | |||
| Y Evaluation 116 | |||
| Z Concluding Comments 125 |
Chris Rolfe Chris Rolfe worked for three years on a range of income-generating projects in one camp in North-West Somalia, and then as trainer to the PfP business advisors in that project.
Clare Rolfe Clare Rolfe worked for three years on a range of income-generating projects in one camp in North-West Somalia, and then as trainer to the PfP business advisors in that project.
Malcolm Harper Malcolm Harper taught at Cranfield School of Management until 1995, and since then has worked mainly in India. He has published on enterprise development and microfinance. He was Chairman of Basix Finance from 1996 until 2006, and is Chairman of M-CRIL, the microfinance credit rating agency.
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