Training refugees: Lights and shadows in the context of the self-reliance strategy implemented in Uganda
Uganda currently hosts about 1.5 million refugees. Only a fraction is likely to revert to their home countries. Therefore, a key policy question is how to help the displaced communities to integrate into Uganda’s economic system. One strategy to integrate the refugees in the local economy is to prov...
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| author | Mastrorillo, Marina Scognamillo, Antonio Ignaciuk, Adriana |
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| description | Uganda currently hosts about 1.5 million refugees. Only a fraction is likely to revert to their home countries. Therefore, a key policy question is how to help the displaced communities to integrate into Uganda’s economic system. One strategy to integrate the refugees in the local economy is to provide them trainings on agricultural production or off-farm business opportunities. This study, using panel data coming from the Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA) survey, estimates the causal impact of training activities on refugees’ food security and market access. Potential endogeneity issues are addressed through an instrumental variable approach. Results indicate that, on average, agricultural training increases both market access and food security. However, disentangling the effect across population sub-groups, findings highlight substantial differences. The impact of business training, instead, is never statistically different from zero, except for the households experiencing economic losses due to COVID-19, who mainly benefit in terms of food security. These results highlight the existence of challenges to integrate the refugees in the national economy and indicate that training activities are necessary but not sufficient to reach self-reliance. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1395822025-12-12T14:52:02Z Training refugees: Lights and shadows in the context of the self-reliance strategy implemented in Uganda Mastrorillo, Marina Scognamillo, Antonio Ignaciuk, Adriana training food security market access integration refugees Uganda currently hosts about 1.5 million refugees. Only a fraction is likely to revert to their home countries. Therefore, a key policy question is how to help the displaced communities to integrate into Uganda’s economic system. One strategy to integrate the refugees in the local economy is to provide them trainings on agricultural production or off-farm business opportunities. This study, using panel data coming from the Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA) survey, estimates the causal impact of training activities on refugees’ food security and market access. Potential endogeneity issues are addressed through an instrumental variable approach. Results indicate that, on average, agricultural training increases both market access and food security. However, disentangling the effect across population sub-groups, findings highlight substantial differences. The impact of business training, instead, is never statistically different from zero, except for the households experiencing economic losses due to COVID-19, who mainly benefit in terms of food security. These results highlight the existence of challenges to integrate the refugees in the national economy and indicate that training activities are necessary but not sufficient to reach self-reliance. 2024-03-03 2024-02-22T11:32:01Z 2024-02-22T11:32:01Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139582 en Open Access application/pdf Informa UK Limited Mastrorillo, M.; Scognamillo, A.; Ignaciuk, A. (2024) Training refugees: Lights and shadows in the context of the self-reliance strategy implemented in Uganda. Journal of Development Studies 60(3): 406-431. ISSN: 0022-0388 |
| spellingShingle | training food security market access integration refugees Mastrorillo, Marina Scognamillo, Antonio Ignaciuk, Adriana Training refugees: Lights and shadows in the context of the self-reliance strategy implemented in Uganda |
| title | Training refugees: Lights and shadows in the context of the self-reliance strategy implemented in Uganda |
| title_full | Training refugees: Lights and shadows in the context of the self-reliance strategy implemented in Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Training refugees: Lights and shadows in the context of the self-reliance strategy implemented in Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Training refugees: Lights and shadows in the context of the self-reliance strategy implemented in Uganda |
| title_short | Training refugees: Lights and shadows in the context of the self-reliance strategy implemented in Uganda |
| title_sort | training refugees lights and shadows in the context of the self reliance strategy implemented in uganda |
| topic | training food security market access integration refugees |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139582 |
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