This report aims to understand Kakuma as a potential market and identify business opportunities and challenges for the private sector, including commercial firms, social enterprises and local entrepreneurs. Based on a survey of 1,400 households in the refugee camp...
JDC Literature Review
Results for: Market Potential
Refugees and Their Money: The Business Case for Providing Financial Services to Refugees
This study assesses the demand for financial services in refugee populations in Rwanda and estimates the business case for financial institutions to provide these services. The report makes the case that refugees have a strong need for comprehensive financial services...
Doing Business in Dadaab Report: Market Systems Analysis for Local Economic Development in Dadaab, Kenya
This report presents findings from a market system analysis conducted in the Dadaab refugee camps in Garissa County in northeastern Kenya. The analysis is based on research conducted by Samuel Hall in and around Dadaab in October and November 2018, including key...
Doing Business in Kakuma – Refugees, Entrepreneurship, and the Food Market
This report examines the environment for business and entrepreneurship in Kakuma through an in-depth examination of the food market. The food market figures large in the economic life of Kakuma (including the Kakuma refugee camps and the Kalobeyei refugee settlement)...
How Business Can Invest in the Future of the Rohingya and Host Community in Bangladesh
This brief presents the background to the Rohingya crisis and how it is affecting Bangladesh, why business should get involved, what investment and sourcing opportunities exist, and what next steps for interested businesses could be. The authors argue that businesses...