A viable reality: Including refugees economically

Refugees with access to decent work can fill labour short-ages, have greater workplace protection, increase their income and spending, and contribute to the host country's tax revenues. Refugees' inclusion into market systems depends on how conducive the host country's legal and policy environment is to their self-reliance - the rules and regulations governing refugees' freedom of movement, their legal right to decent work, inclusion in social protection systems and in government training programmes, and access to financial and physical capital. [...]interventions must be based on a solid understanding of existing market conditions and challenges, as well as follow a holistic approach, combining actions that build the employability and capital of refugees to engage with the economy (such as access to credit, skills development, transfer of assets) and remove market bottlenecks that hinder refugees' right and access to employment. [...]these interventions should demonstrate that refugees can add value to the local economy, as hosting refugees can bring additional private sector and development actor investment that benefits all.