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This knowledge brief provides insight into the labour market behaviour of refugees relative to host communities through a comprehensive analysis of their labour market performance and potential for convergence over time. The host population is defined as the native population in districts where refugee settlements are situated. We make use of cross-sectional household data from the Uganda Refugee and Host Communities 2018 Household Survey (RHCS), which sampled 2,209 residential households, distributed geographically across 13 districts in the primary refugee hosting regions in Uganda. As a result, the survey is representative of the refugee and host community populations of Uganda at the national level, as well as in the regions of West Nile, the Southwest, and the city of Kampala. To track how refugees fare relative to Ugandan nationals in the labour market, we consider three primary indicators: employment rate (share of working-age population in employment or selfemployment); labour force participation rate (share of working-age population employed or seeking employment); and unemployment rate (share of labour force seeking and available for employment). This note generates a profile of households by employment status and identifies opportunities to
improve associated policies