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Entrepreneurial skills and access to finance support business development among refugees in Iraq
Hishyar Bashir Sadoon is a Syrian refugee who owns a small construction business. He was recently able to expand his business under ILO’s financial inclusion initiative, targeting refugees, internally displaced persons and host community members.
Hishyar and hundreds of others are being supported by the ILO in Iraq, under the PROSPECTS Partnership, spearheaded by the Government of the Netherlands. The ILO has partnered with Al-Thiqa micro-finance institution to provide financial services and loan disbursement for entrepreneurs, and trainings in ILO’s Financial Education programme and in Start and Improve Your Business training programme