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Further reading

Flagship report
Financial inclusion

'Financial inclusion' in Responding to Forced Displacement report

Files for download

Financial inclusion .pdf 1.1 MB

ILO training materials and courses

ILO, Financial Education for Refugees, IDPs and Host Communities, trainee guide in Arabic

ITCILO, Making Finance Work for Refugees, Displaced and Host Communities, training course

ITCILO, Advancing Financial Inclusion, training course

ILO, Start and Improve your Business (SIYB) training

ILO, Digitalise Your Business (DYB), Digital Strategies for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, 2024

ILO, Gender and Entrepreneurship Together (GET Ahead), 2014

ILO, List of ILO’s financial education training materials, 2025

Global perspectives on the intervention

ILO, global programme on financial education, website, 2024

ILO, global programme on financial inclusion, website, undated

ILO, global programme on financial inclusion for refugees, internally displaced people and host communities, website, 2025

ILO, topic portal on social finance, website, undated

GIZ, Roadmap to the Sustainable and Responsible Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Persons, 2019

ILO and UNHCR, Investing in Solutions: A Practical Guide for the Use of Microfinance in UNHCR Operations, 2011

Local perspectives on the intervention

Iraq: ILO, ILO's Financial Inclusion Strategy in Iraq. An Entry for Decent Jobs, undated

Iraq: ILO, Advancing Livelihoods through Financial Inclusion in Iraq, 2021

Ethiopia: UNHRC, Proclamation No. 1110/2019, Refugees Proclamation, Federal Negarit Gazette, No. 38, 27 February 2019

Ethiopia: website of the Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions (AEMFI)

Ethiopia: ILO, ‘ILO empowers microfinance staff to promote financial literacy among hosts and refugees’, news release, 12 February 2024

Lebanon: ILO, ‘Microfinance initiative supports young people, farmers and workers in Lebanon’, photo essay, 31 March 2025

Sudan & Uganda: ILO, 'Making Finance Work for Refugees. RUFI's Journey in Serving Refugees and Host Communities in South Sudan and Uganda', Social Finance Brief, 12 May 2023

Uganda: ILO, 'Making Finance Work for Refugees. UGAFODE’s Journey in Serving Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda', Social Finance Brief, 14 January 2022

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