Deeply Talks: The Refugee Jobs Experiment
On this episode of Deeply Talks, we discuss our latest in-depth investigation: The Compact Experiment: Push for Refugee Jobs Confronts Reality of Jordan and Lebanon. Billions of dollars in aid and concessional loans were pledged to Lebanon and Jordan to create jobs for Syrian refugees, with some unexpected and often misunderstood results. Our reporting uncovered critical lessons for development economists, humanitarians and policy-makers. You can find the long read here: http://issues.newsdeeply.com/the-compact-experiment For more information on the global refugee crisis, visit www.newsdeeply.com/refugeesdeeply and subscribe to our weekly emails.