This document is part of a series of Refugee Livelihood Studies commissioned as a component of EPAU's Refugee Livelihoods Project. The Refugee Livelihoods Project, a follow-up project to the Global Review on Protracted Refugee Situations, examines refugee livelihoods strategies and the potential for UNHCR and other actors to promote sustainable livelihoods in those situations where refugees have been dependent on humanitarian assistance for longer periods. EPAU's goal in publishing these studies is to widely communicate the knowledge developed to date about supporting refugee livelihoods and to stimulate a better understanding of the ways in which refugees can be helped rather than hindered in efforts towards improving their livelihoods. By mid 2005, EPAU will publish a synthesis document describing the main lessons learned from the case studies.
