IFC UNHCR Joint Initiative - No one wants to depend on aid, including refugees

Power Shift  No one wants to depend on aid, including refugees

Power Shift | No one wants to depend on aid, including refugees

Who has the power to improve refugee response?

There are more than 43 million refugees and more than 4 million stateless people in the world, according to the United Nations. While it doesn’t set migration policy, the international aid system can be the difference between life and death for many. But it can also keep people in a state of perpetual aid dependency: Many have been born, raised, and lived entire lives in refugee camps in Kakuma, the West Bank, and Cox’s Bazar.

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