Increasing forcibly displaced populations worldwide are adversely affecting the poorest host communities’ livelihoods. Livelihood programs can reduce this tension by addressing host communities’ skills and capital constraints. In this paper, we examine the effect of a customized version of BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) program on the livelihoods of the host communities of Rohingya refugees. We find that the program increases labor supply in self-employment of working-age men and women, household income, food expenditure and productive asset. Further, we find some weak evidence that the program decreases the tension between hosts and Rohingya refugees.
Authors: Rahman, Atiya; Bhattacharjee, Anindita; Nisat, Rafia; and Das, Narayan
Type: Journal article
Publisher: Journal of International Development
Year: 2023
