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Building Self-Reliance for Refugees

As of 2018, over 70 million people have been forced to flee their homes to escape persecution and conflict
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In 2013, UNHCR engaged Trickle Up to design, implement and test the Graduation
Approach (GA) in refugee settings in Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, and
Zambia.

This project brief summarizes an independent evaluation of Trickle Up’s performance against four project objectives; the appropriateness of the GA for refugees; and initial recommendations on how organizations can apply a refugee lens to Graduation programs.

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Strengthening Economies from the Household Up

by Trickle Up | November 3, 2026 | Blog Posts, Economic Empowerment, Featured Home 1 | 0 Comments

Economic development is often discussed at the level of cities, markets, and industries. But in low-income urban communities, economic resilience is rarely built at those scales. Instead, it begins at the household level.  In densely populated areas of Kolkata...
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