How have refugees boosted Uganda’s economy?
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On a small farm in northwestern Uganda, Nyantet Malual proudly shows off the cow she bought with earnings from her last harvest. The ability to own property and provide for her family was only a dream for the South Sudanese refugee when she arrived in the country two years ago.
A 2014 study by the Humanitarian Innovation Project (HIP) found that over half of refugees were self-employed — operating small businesses, selling goods as informal vendors, or engaging in trade.
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Author: Linda Givetash is a Canadian-South African journalist reporting on health, human rights and development while based in Uganda.
Image: A woman from Bunia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo carries a basin on her head as she walks at a market at the Kyangwali refugee settlement in Hoima district in Western Uganda, March 2014. REUTERS/Edward Echwalu.
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