Balancing the Books: Including Women and Protecting Refugees is Essential to Realizing Small Business Growth in Jordan

Publication language
English
Pages
16pp
Date published
10 Dec 2017
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Host Communities, Livelihoods, Gender, Forced displacement and migration
Countries
Jordan
Organisations
CARE International, Oxfam, Save the Children, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED), Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
Link
https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/balancing-books-including-women-and-protecting…

It is essential that opportunities for job growth are supported both for refugees in Jordan and the vulnerable communities hosting them. Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) can be a key driver of job growth. Promoting MSMEs could also help to address gender inequality and protection issues for refugees in Jordan. 

This joint agency paper was written by the LEADERS Consortium of NGOs, which aims to contribute to the economic self-reliance, resilience and stability of Syrian refugees and vulnerable host communities in Jordan. It presents research conducted among women and men small business owners in central and northern Jordan on the challenges they face. It makes recommendations on how the Government of Jordan, businesses, the financial sector and NGOs can support women, refugees and Jordanian host communities to start and grow small businesses.