Study shows how refugees can boost the economy of countries where they settle

Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:00 in Mathematics & Economics

The study by the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford focuses on Uganda – a country where refugees have greater freedoms than elsewhere to move around and work. It finds that this has enabled many refugees to make their own way in the business world. They are often highly networked individuals, using mobile phones and the internet to run businesses, sometimes even having global trade networks.

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